Why is Charles Dickens a true representative of the Victorian Age?

During the Victorian Age the novelist used to write mostly realistic novels were the protagonists managed to overcome their social limits and increase their social status. Dickens is a great representativeof this genre because most of his novels are autobiographycal, in fact he came from a childhood of poverty because at the age of twelwe he was obliged to work in a factory to help his family. By the way he managed to become a rich man. He highlights all the victorian controversies from the prostitution in the slums to the exploitation of children in the factories.