Another of this author's characters receives a death sentence for drowning Compeyson in a river during his escape attempt with Herbert and a boy who he had given his fortune.
In one novel by this author, a man wakes up to see his alcoholic wife about to unwittingly guzzle a bottle of poison before a woman awakens and takes it away. A character created by this author cries out "take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her'" after being tackled to the ground. A novel by this author climaxes with a factory worker falling down a mine shaft after being accused of a bank robbery that was actually committed by Tom (*) Gradgrind. Another of this author's characters receives a death sentence for drowning Compeyson in a river during his escape attempt with Herbert and a boy who he had given his fortune. For 10 points, name this author of Hard Times who wrote about Pip and Abel Magwitch in Great Expectations.
In one novel by this author, a man wakes up to see his alcoholic wife about to unwittingly guzzle a bottle of poison before a woman awakens and takes it away.
Charles Dickens