general info

Question 1

19th century & ir

Answer 1

time of great social change and economic growth; expansion of both economy and worldly views

Question 2

when was it published?

Answer 2

1843 (victorian era)

Question 3

when and where was dickens born?

Answer 3

1812, portsmouth (working class family)

Question 4

1824: when dickens was 12…

Answer 4

his dad was sent to a debtor’s prison

Question 5

due to his dad being in a debtor’s prison…

Answer 5

dickens had to leave education for 3 years and worked 10 hour days @ warren’s blacking warehouse gluing labels on tins of boot blacking

Question 6

19th century london pop

Answer 6

1m - 6m

Question 7

1833

Answer 7

became a parliamentary journalist, often critical in his works of treatment towards england’s underclass

Question 8

1827

Answer 8

worked as an office boy at a solicitor’s firm

Question 9

while dickens worked in the boot blacking warehouse…

Answer 9

his mother + 7 remaining alive siblings (had 10) left him to move closer to the gaols