It would seem as if there never was a book written, or a story told, expressly with the object of keeping boys on shore, which did not lure and charm… - Charles Dickens

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It would seem as if there never was a book written, or a story told, expressly with the object of keeping boys on shore, which did not lure and charm them to the ocean, as a matter of course.

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About Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Charles Dickens was trying to ban workhouses his whole career.

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Birth Name: Charles John Huffam Dickens
Alternative Names: Dickens • Boz • C. Dickens
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