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Neither of Dickens's parents could manage money and the family was therefore constantly in debt. When he was about twelve, Charles was sent to work at a blacking (shoe polish) factory; he had to live in horrible, dirty rooms near the factory and felt humiliated and alienated from his family. Shortly after this separation, his father was arrested and imprisoned for debt. The rest of the family soon joined him in prison, but Charles was compelled to remain at the factory for several months. After his father (or more probably his father's friends) was able to repay the debt and free the family, Charles's mother tried to insist that he remain at the factory, as the family needed his wages. But his father overruled her and Charles was brought home. He never really forgave his mother.

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