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Published on 12/26/2020
Charles created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. He edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories
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Have you read any of the following Classics? A Christmas Carol
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Oliver Twist
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Great Expectations
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A Tale of Two Cities
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David Copperfield
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Other (please specify)
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Not Applicable
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Have you seen a film or Mini Series based on any of these Classics? Bleak House
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Little Dorrit
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The Cricket on the Hearth
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The Old Curiosity Shop
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Nicholas Nickleby
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Other (please specify)
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Not Applicable
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Charles travelled to many countries. Did you know he travelled to any of the following countries? Italy
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Switzerland
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France
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Canada
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USA
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Ireland
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Not Applicable
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Did you know that Charles met with other Authors in his time? Washington Irving
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Alexander Dumas
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Victor Hugo
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Wilkie Collins
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Did you know that Charles persuaded a group of twenty-five writers, headed by Washington Irving, to sign a petition for him to take to Congress, raising the question of international copyright laws and the pirating of his work in America. but the press were generally hostile to this, saying that he should be grateful for his popularity and that it was mercenary to complain about his work being pirated Yes
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No
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Undecided
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Not Applicable
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