How many plays did Shakespeare write?
William Shakespeare wrote about 37 to 39 plays, depending on how collaborations are counted, along with 154 sonnets.
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- What job did Charles Dickens have as a child?
“At age 12, Charles Dickens worked in a factory pasting labels on pots of shoe polish while his father was in debtors' prison.”
Reference: Charles Dickens Museum
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How were Dickens's novels first published?
Most of Charles Dickens's novels were first published in monthly or weekly installments, which kept readers hooked on cliffhangers.
When did child labor laws begin in Britain?
Britain's Factory Act of 1833 was one of the first laws to limit child labor, banning children under nine from working in textile mills.