The Help By Charles Dickens Book Report

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Biography Charles John Huffam Dickens was born 7th february 1812 Portsmouth in England and died 9th june 1870. He was a british writer and social critic such as a regarded as of the greatest English-language and burrow most prominent novelist. Charles created some of the most famous fictional characters in the victorian era.

His father John Dickens was a bookkeeper in the harbor office, they moved to london when 10 years old. Since his father had financial difficulties the family became poor and His father, who had a difficult time managing money and was constantly in debt, was imprisoned in the Marshalsea debtor's prison in 1824,which led for charles to work tolv hours a day at the age of tolv. Being a child worker did not give good
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After five years of hard work and after rejections from 60 literary agents consecutively she published her novel “The Help” by Amy Einhorn books in 2009 inspired of her childhood. Stockett explained her attitude as a child: "Growing up in Mississippi, almost every family I knew had a black woman working in their house--cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the white children."Her novel won rave reviews from readers and critics alike. The novel became on of the summer hits that year and over ten million copies of the book have been sold in over 42 different languages. In 2011, the novel was adapted into film by Walt Disney …show more content…
Skeeter tries her best to behave like every other Southern lady, she plays bridge with the young married and embraces her mother’s advice on how to find a man and start family. When in fact all she ever wanted to do was become a writer, but the closest she could come to a writer was with th Jackson Journal writing housekeeping advice column called “Miss Myrna.” Since Skeeter knows almost nothing about housekeeping she turned to her friend’s maid Aibileen, for

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