The most famous writer of his time and still famous today, Charles Dickens is a man who is little known. The only real information known about him is that he is an author who has published many famous books and stories, such as The Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol. What is not known about Dickens is that he was a poor person who lived during the Victorian era (named after Queen Victoria) and who was the source of some of the model characters for the literature. Unlike many modern authors, most of Charles Dickens' works were published in a series of monthly magazines. This was common practice at the time, rather than publishing the entire novel in one go – this technique was used to keep readers interesting by using cliffhangers (e.g. to be continued…). Dickens rose through the ranks from nothing; he went from being a poor child laborer to becoming one of the most beloved authors for his amazing and complex plots as well as his distinct and realistic characters. Charles Dickens was a man who suffered from poverty, which led him to speak out against the cruelty, injustice and disadvantages that the poor face on a daily basis. Dickens was born into a lower-class family, like many other authors of his time. Ironically, the restrictions he faced while living a harsh and cruel life with his family encouraged him to think outside the box of social norms. He started his career doing journalistic work and then worked his way up to become a journalist. The main focus of his works was the ignorance of the poor and child labor, two subjects seeming to affect him on a personal note. Dickens's attitude toward child labor and mass poverty was exposed through his writings, which awakened the middle of paper...... from Chicago Press, 1954. Laughlin, J. Lawrence. Elements of political economy. New York, NY: 1896. Malthus, Thomas. First essay on population, 1798. London, England: Macmillan & Company. 1926.Marx, Karl. "Capital." Great Books of the Western World. Flight. 50. Ed. Robert Hutchins. Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica. 1982. Veblen, Thorstein. Selected Writings of Thorstein Veblen. Ed. Wesley C. Mitchell. New York, NY: Viking Press. 1947. Wilson, John F. History of British Business: 1720-1994. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. 1995. Huffam, John. "Dickens, Charles" MS Encarta, 3.0a. Gale Research Inc., 1993. Kyle, Elizabeth. Great Ambitions, A History of the Early Years of Charles Dickens, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. pp. 1 - 13. Mankowitz, Wolf. Dickens of London, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1976. pp. 7 - 25.