October 31, 2026

Which English novelist drew inspiration for a social-reform story from a trip to Manchester (where he witnessed manufacturing worker conditions), and had as a close friend and contemporary Edward Bulwer-Lytton, whose surname is shared with the Canadian town of Lytton, British Columbia?

A William Cullen Bryant
B Harriet Beecher Stowe
C John Steinbeck
D Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens visited Manchester to witness manufacturing worker conditions (which inspired his stories), and his friend Edward Bulwer-Lytton gave his name to the town of Lytton, British Columbia.

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