Charles Dickens was born in 1812. His farther was a clerk working for the naval pay office. At age twelve he was sent to work in Warren's Blacking Factory, a dark and decayed warehouse over-run with rats. This was where he had his first experiences of child labour. Most of his time in the factory was spent sticking labels on bottles. Later in his life, he looked back on this time with bitterness and disgust. 'Great …showed first 75 words of 3196 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3196 total…and women were treated so differently from each other. That money somehow meant that you were respected. He found it startling that if you had money and was in trouble you could basically buy yourself out of trouble. Dickens was also very family orientated and believed that children were adults that had not grown up yet and should have been treated with respect and not given severe beatings as people seemed to believe was necessary.