Charles Dickens: Biography
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, England. His full name was Charles John Huffam Dickens. Dickens was one of eight siblings who became an English author. He married Catherine Thomson Hogarth and had ten children.
In his early years, Dickens dropped out of school to help support his family with their money issue in 1827. He found a job working as an office boy which led him to start doing freelance reporting at law courts. In 1836 he published his first book but in parts every month called, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. For example, he would publish one chapter one month and another chapter the next. The next book that was also published monthly in parts was called Oliver Twist from between 1836-1837.
Charles Dickens wrote with creativity by combining fantasy with reality. He wrote about picaresque characters which were characters that were usually rough and dishonest but an appealing hero/heroine. Dickens wrote fifteen books in his lifetime; some of his few successes were Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Citites, and Great Expectations. His personal favorite of all was David Copperfield since he used plenty of his own experiences in the book. His greates listeracy accomplishment was Great Expectations in which he wrote from the years between 1860-1861.
During the 1850's Charles Dickens started to write more "dark novels" due to his father and daughters death in the decade. He also seperated with his wife, Catherine, in 1858 which did not help him deal with the loss of his loved ones. Later in his life, Dickens survived a horrible train crash in 1865. He died of a stroke five years later on June 9, 1870 at the age of 58. He left an unfinished novel called The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
In his early years, Dickens dropped out of school to help support his family with their money issue in 1827. He found a job working as an office boy which led him to start doing freelance reporting at law courts. In 1836 he published his first book but in parts every month called, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. For example, he would publish one chapter one month and another chapter the next. The next book that was also published monthly in parts was called Oliver Twist from between 1836-1837.
Charles Dickens wrote with creativity by combining fantasy with reality. He wrote about picaresque characters which were characters that were usually rough and dishonest but an appealing hero/heroine. Dickens wrote fifteen books in his lifetime; some of his few successes were Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Citites, and Great Expectations. His personal favorite of all was David Copperfield since he used plenty of his own experiences in the book. His greates listeracy accomplishment was Great Expectations in which he wrote from the years between 1860-1861.
During the 1850's Charles Dickens started to write more "dark novels" due to his father and daughters death in the decade. He also seperated with his wife, Catherine, in 1858 which did not help him deal with the loss of his loved ones. Later in his life, Dickens survived a horrible train crash in 1865. He died of a stroke five years later on June 9, 1870 at the age of 58. He left an unfinished novel called The Mystery of Edwin Drood.