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blem that was quite common during Charles Dickens time period. The problem that this line speaks of is that it was all but impossible for a person who was of lower class to get a divorce. But in 1854, which was about the same time that Charles Dickens Hard Times was appearing, a Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill appeared in the House of Lords. Although that bill was struck down, a bill that was very similar bill was passed in 1857. One of the people who were seated on The Royal Commission was a friend of Dickens, Lord Campbell. Another example of this fact is in the second book and in the first chapter on page 115 on footnote 1. This line states A blur of soot and smoke, . This line speaks of the problem that came during the starting of the industrial revolution, this problem was that with many factories came, comes a lot of smoke and soot from the smoke stakes of the factories. This problem was looked at in 1853 when Lord Palmerston presented a bill that would limit the amount of smoke and soot that was emitted in London. This bill was passed that year and put into affect on the 1 of august 1854. Another example that shows that Dickens paid attention to the world and people around him was earlier in the book on page 48, where Dickens talks about Insolvent Debtors Court. I believe that this shows Dickens concerns for the common person. Because in this section of the book, this is a person of the upper crust talking about this as though it is a lowly thing. And that it would never happen to anyone who was the kind of person who could trace there heritage back so far back that they could lose themselves in the fact of who they are and who there family is suppose to be. I also think that this shows how Dickens can some times let people into his personal life and into his past. I think this because that we know that his father was put in Debtors prison for six months. I believe that this book shows very well that Charles Dickens did not o...

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