“I wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about modern capitalist society, something that depicts an extreme competition, somewhat like the extreme competition of life. But I wanted it to use the kind of characters we’ve all met in real life,”
On a positive note for Dickens though he did once beat a politician who said children working in a sweatshop was good for them with a cane
Too bad we have shitty sports like baseball and football when beating capitalist ghouls with a cane would bring in so many more viewers.