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根据以下材料,回答题PopularBritishauthor,CharlesDickens'1812--1870)familycouldhardlymakeendsmeet.Theycouldonlyaffordtosendoneoftheirsixchildrentoschool.Dickenswasnotthatchild.I-Iisparentschosetosendadaughter,whohadatalentformusic,toanacademy.Thenattheageof12,Dickens'lifetookanotherturnfortheworse.
Hisfather,aclerk,wasplacedinprisonforunpaiddebts.And,beingtheoldestmaleleftathome,Dickenstookupworkatafactory.Hishorribleexperiencetherebecamethefuelforhisfuturewriting.
Hisfatherwasfreedthreemonthslaterandinheritedasmallamountofmoney.Dickenswasthensenttoschool.
From1836to1837,hewroteamonthlyseriesofstories.ThusThePickwickPapers,cameintobeing,whichbroughtfametohim.
Throughouthiscareer,Dickenscoversvarioussituationsinhisnovels.HewroteaboutthemiserablelivesofthepoorinOliverTwist,theFrenchRevolutioninTaleofTwoCities,andsocialreformin
HardTimes.HealsowroteDavidCoppefeld,abookthoughttobemodeledonhisownlife.
"Idonotwritebitterlyorangrily,forIknowallthesethingshaveworkedtogethertomakemewhatIam,"heoncesaid.His"difficultchildhooddidindeedshapethepersonhebecame,aswellashis
writingcareer.ThereareshadesofyoungDickensinmanyofhismostbelovedcharacters,mincludingDavidCopperfieldandOliverTwist.
Liketheauthor,allthesecharacterscomefrompoorbeginningsandareabletoriseabovetheirmsetbacksandachievesuccess."Minds,likebodies,willoftenfallintoanill-conditionedstatefromtoomuchcomfort,"heoncewrote.OnJune9th,1870,aged58,Dickensdied,leavingoneunfinishedwork.Thewordsonhistombstoneread:"Hewasasympathizertothepoor,
thesufferingandtheoppressed,andbyhisdeath,oneofEngland'sgreatestwritersislosttotheworld."
ThebookthatfirstcalledpublicattentiontoDickenswas A.ThePickwickPapers
B.OliverTwist
C.TaleofTwoCities
D.DavidCopperfield
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