Charles Dickens Was A Womaniser And Heavy Drinker

London, Oct 8: Author Charles Dickens was a heavy drinker with a violent temper, and he cheated constantly behind his wife's back, a new book has revealed.

As an impoverished youngster living in London, he walked the city's seedy streets which overflowed with crooks and drunken floozies rolling in the gutter.

And the high-flying author loved nothing more than getting down and dirty with the capital's low-life.

The darker side of the gifted novelist was revealed by biographer Claire Tomalin his in new book, Charles Dickens: A Life.

Londoner Claire has spent the past 15 years studying the literary figure famed for novels such as A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and A Tale Of Two Cities.

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