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CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870

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Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, acclaimed as one of the nest writers of the English language and one whose novels have become enduring classics.

Date of Birth: Friday, Feb. 7, 1812 Place of Birth: No. 1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth England
Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Chatham. Dickens considered his years there as the happiest of his childhood.

Family:

John Dickens, Father (1785-1851)

Education: William Giles school in Chatham, Kent

(age 9-11); nearly three years at Wellington House Academy in London (age 13-15); beyond this, largely self-educated.

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In 1824, John Dickens, Charles father, was imprisoned for debt. Charles, the oldest child, was withdrawn from school and sent to work in a factory to pay off his fathers debt. It was this experience that shaped much of his future writing. After working in the factory, he briey returned to school. At age 15, he had to return to work. He became a clerk in a law rm, then a shorthand reporter in the courts, and nally a parliamentary and newspaper reporter.

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Charles John Hu am Dickens (1812-1870)

Catherine (Hogarth) Dickens, wife (1815-1879)

Children

First Published Story:

A Dinner at Poplar Walk published in Monthly Magazine (December 1833)

In print In print

In, 1833, Dickens began to contribute short stories and essays to periodicals. His career continued at an intense pace for the next several years.

Major Works - - Minor Works Major Works Minor Works

Christmas Books Christmas Books

Date of Death: Thursday, June 9, 1870 (stroke)

Charles Culliford (Charley) Dickens (1837-1896) Mary (Mamie) Dickens (1838-1896) Kate Macready (Katie) Dickens (1839-1929) Walter Savage Landor Dickens (1841-1863) Francis Jeffrey (Frank) Dickens (1844-1886) Alfred DOrsay Tennyson Dickens (1845-1912) Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847-1872) Henry Fielding (Harry) Dickens (1849-1933) Dora Annie Dickens (1850-1851) Edward Bulwer Lytton (Plorn) Dickens (1852-1902)

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1850

1835

Sketches by Boz

Pickwick Papers

The Battle of Life

The Cricket on the Hearth

- Pictures from Italy

Martin Chuzzlewit

Dombey and Son

- The Life of Our Lord

David Coppereld

- American Notes

A Christmas Carol

Nicholas Nickleby

The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain

Oliver Twist

Bleak House

- Reprinted Pieces

- A Child s History of England

Barnaby Rudge

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Chimes

Hard Times

Little Dorrit

- The Uncommercial Traveller

A Tale of Two Cities

Our Mutual Friend

Great Expectations

1870
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

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