Describe how social conditions were conveyed by any 19th Century Author. Charles (John Huffam) *censored*ens born at Portsea near Portsmouth on 7th February 1812. Dickens had some schooling, but his real education was the streets of London. All the best scenes in his later novels deal with London Characters. Dickens appealed to social consciousness to overcome social misery. His immense popularity gave importance to his attacks on the abuses of the law - courts and …showed first 75 words of 1599 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1599 total…do, than I have ever done, it is a far better rest that I go to than I have ever known" Dickens had personal experiences of childhood abuse, and because he wanted to make the world a better place for the poor and the weak and the lonely, his novels are full of graphic descriptions of these people and their lives. His novels are social commentaries on certain aspects of life in England and France.