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he owed the local baker 10 shilling and six pence for the bread they bought. He had lost his job as a clerk and was desperate to feed his family - Following a court hearing he was committed to Debtors Prison
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∙ 6y ago
Charles Dickens' father, John Dickens, was imprisoned in the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison for a debt of £40 from February to May 1824. This experience had a significant impact on Charles Dickens' life and influenced many of his works that addressed social issues and poverty.
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∙ 11y ago- Charles Dickens had to go to workhouse when his father went to prison for to much debt.
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∙ 15y agoHe was sent to Marshalsea Debtors Prison.
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∙ 12y agobecuase he raped somone
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What did Charles dickens dad go to prison for?
child abuse (rape)
Did Charles dickens father go to prison for theft?
No, Charles Dickens' father, John Dickens, did not go to prison for theft. John Dickens was imprisoned for debt when Charles was a child, which greatly influenced Charles' writing and social consciousness.
Why did Charles dickens go to jail how did he feel?
Charles Dickens did not go to jail. He faced financial difficulties when his father was sent to debtor's prison, and Dickens himself had to work in a factory at a young age. These experiences influenced his writing and social commentary, but he himself never served time in jail.
What did Charles Dickens do?
go to debtors prison
Where did Charles dickens father go when he was in debt?
Prison
Where did Charles Dickens father go to prison?
Marshalsea
Where did dickens go when his parents were sent to prison?
orphanage
How old was Charles Dickens when his father went to jail?
Charles Dickens was 12 when his father went to prison; it was only a few months later that his father was released and Charles was released from his own private prison at Warrens Blacking Company.
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Where did Ned kellys dad go to prison?
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Where did Charles dickens mother and siblings go after his father went to prison?
After Charles Dickens' father was imprisoned for debt, his mother and siblings went to live with him in debtor's prison. This experience had a profound impact on Dickens and heavily influenced his later writings on poverty and social injustice.
