Charles Dickens Biography
Charles Dickens was a nineteenth-century novelist who was and still is very popular. The second child of John and Elizabeth Dickens, Charles was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth England. At that time John Dickens was stationed in Portsmouth as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. He grew up in a middle-class family, his father having come from servants and his mother from minor bureaucrats. Dickens' father enjoyed entertaining his friends extravagantly and that caused an unfortunate tendency to live beyond his means. The family hit financial rock bottom in 1824 and all but Charles were sent to debtor's prison. Feeling utterly humiliated, Charles was forced to work at Warren's Blacking Factory, an experience that would affect the rest of his life. He refers to his working experiences in his writings. After getting the family back on track, Dickens mother felt he should continue to work at the factory. His father insisted he proceed with his education and so he was enrolled in school for short time. At age 15, his education ended and he found a position as an office boy with an attorney. He studied and night, learning shorthand to become a freelance court reporter. The job was seasonal and allowe
In 1855, he fell into a depression. He was unsettled and could not find contentment. Catherine, his wife lived apart from him from May 1958. The separation played havoc on his friendships and began to thin out his social circle, although it did not decrease his social popularity. "Dickens, Charles John Huffman." Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2000. d him to do a good deal of reading in the British Museum. At the age of twenty he became a full-fledged journalist, working for three papers in succession. In the next four or five years he acquired the reputation of being the fastest and most accurate parliamentary reporter in London. Some of his early short stories and sketches, which were published in various London newspapers and magazines, were compiled in 1836 to form his first book, Sketches by Boz. His novel Dombey and Son (1846-48) was crucial to his development. It was planed out using a more mature outlook of social injustice. A short time later, he wrote one of his most popular novels, David Copperfield (1849-50). This was his personal favorite. "Dickens, Charles John Huffman." Encyclopedia Britannica
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