Charles Dickens of the Westcountry

Charles Dickens was an abrupt, excitable young man driven to succeed. He would always be distressed by the humiliation he experienced as a young child, at the hands of his frivolous parents. His Parents were well off and educated coming from middle-class backgrounds and he enjoyed that standard of living. Charles was well educated, well read and enjoyed music and acting. When his parents were put into the debtor's prison he was sent out to work in a shoe polish factory. Charles moved into scant lodgings and learnt to manage and fend for himself. His friends Green and Fagin looked out for him in those backstreet days of misery. His experiences fuelled his desire to succeed. This book concentrates on his domestic side of his life in the Westcountry.