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His 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 how he portrayed Pip in ''Great Expectations'',<ref>https://greatexpectationscommunity.weebly.com/dickens-and-debtors-prison.html</ref>
His 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 how he portrayed Pip in ''Great Expectations'',<ref>https://greatexpectationscommunity.weebly.com/dickens-and-debtors-prison.html</ref>
Dickens was a [[Christian]], though he was "suspicious of organized religion,"<ref>https://hollowverse.com/charles-dickens/</ref> perhaps because he had a secret [[adulterous]] affair with an 18-year-old actress which lasted for many years.<ref>https://www.biography.com/news/charles-dickens-mistress-nelly-ternan</ref> Dickens mentioned "heaven" often in his writing, but rarely "hell".
Dickens was a [[Christian]], though he was "suspicious of organized religion,"<ref>https://hollowverse.com/charles-dickens/</ref> perhaps because he had a secret [[adulterous]] affair with an 18-year-old actress which lasted for many years.<ref>https://www.biography.com/news/charles-dickens-mistress-nelly-ternan</ref> Dickens mentioned "[[heaven]]" often in his writing, but rarely "[[hell]]".
== Childhood ==
== Childhood ==