Perhaps Dickens associated the name Fagin with the darker side of life. His shame over the incident made him keep it a secret from all but a few people. The time Dickens spent at the blacking factory was the worst time of his entire life. Why would Dickens remember someone who had shown him such kindness by naming such a villain after him? He even helped Dickens when he was ill at work. He also taught Dickens how to wrap and tie the bottles of polish. In fact, Fagin defended Dickens when the other boys taunted him. However, unlike some of the others, Bob never teased young Dickens. It was at the blacking factory that Dickens met Bob Fagin.īob was another employee at the factory. (from the 1892 edition of Forster’s Life of Dickens) Illustration by Fred Bernard of young Charles Dickens at work in a shoe-blacking factory.
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