England, to John Dickens, a clerk in the navy pay office, and Elizabeth Dickens. Charles Dickens

was the second of eight children. As a child Dickens attended school in Chatham, London.

Dickens found many of his inspirations in his own fathers library. Dickens was the author of many

great works including books such as David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Little

Dorrit, and many others. Dickens was most often known as a well acclaimed novelist. Dickens

married Catherine Hogarth and had ten children. Dickens had notable success with novels such as

Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. However, Dickens suffered setbacks and

disappointment upon his fathers two arrests for debt and his parents death, among other things.

Dickens received world-wide acclaim with his public reading of his works in Paris and London.

Dickens style was influenced by the guidance of his father in his early years. Dickens was also

influenced by wandering the streets of London, being exposed to the dockyards, convicts, and the

drab sections of the city that were inhabited by the poor.

irresponsible character in David Copperfield. Dickens used many of the memories of his

Around age twenty, Dickens fell in love with Maria Beadnell, his first love, Dickens met

report legal proceedings. In 1831 Dickens was working for John Henry Barrow, his uncle,

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