which included a new requirement to forfeit their land to before they could receive relief. About 100,000 people offered their land up to their landlords, normally the landed gentry, so that they could
He would write short sketches for the magazine under the pen-name ‘Boz.’ While working for this magazine, Dickens started to write one of his most famous novels, ‘Oliver Twist,’ about a young Victorian boy who is sent to the workhouse. In 1850, Dickens started his own magazine called...
Charles Dickens, English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His many volumes include such works as A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and Our Mutual Friend. Learn mo