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Today, Dickens is known as a writer of great and socially significant stories. During his life he was also known as a social reformer. He used his stories as a tool in this reform, but he also worked personally with the homeless, the poor, the disenfranchised, and the sick. He donated a large part of his income and served on several boards; he also. along with Anglea Burdette-Coutts (next to the Queen, the richest woman in England at the time and a famous philanthropist), established homes for prostitutes who wanted to change their lives. Lesser known to the public, Dickens was also one of the causes of the passage of copywrite laws for writers, protecting their work from plagarism and theft.

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