Dickens was a devout [[Christian]]. But he was a bit "suspicious of organized religion,"<ref>https://hollowverse.com/charles-dickens/</ref> perhaps because the married Dickens had a scandalous secret affair with an 18-year-old actress which lasted for many years.<ref>https://www.biography.com/news/charles-dickens-mistress-nelly-ternan</ref>
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Dickens was a [[Christian]]. But he was "suspicious of organized religion,"<ref>https://hollowverse.com/charles-dickens/</ref> perhaps because the married Dickens had a scandalous secret affair with an 18-year-old actress which lasted for many years.<ref>https://www.biography.com/news/charles-dickens-mistress-nelly-ternan</ref>
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Charles Dickens' father was incarcerated in Debtor's Prison in 1824, during which Charles at age only 12 had to do hard manual labor at a blacking factory to support the family. This influenced ''Great Expectations'', including Dickens' likeness to Pip.<ref>https://greatexpectationscommunity.weebly.com/dickens-and-debtors-prison.html</ref>
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Charles Dickens' father was incarcerated in [[Debtor's prison]] in 1824, during which Charles at age only 12 had to do hard manual labor at a blacking factory to support the family. This influenced ''Great Expectations'', including Dickens' likeness to Pip.<ref>https://greatexpectationscommunity.weebly.com/dickens-and-debtors-prison.html</ref>