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CHARLES JOHN
HUFFAM
DICKENS
BORN:7th February 1812
DIED:9th June 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH:
PORTSMOUTH UK
FACTS
CHILDHOOD:AS A 12-YEAR
OLD CHILD,CHARLES WAS
FORCED TO LEAVE SCHOOL
AND WORK IN THE BOOT
BLACKING FACTORY
EARNING ONLY 6 SHILLINGS
A WEEK FOR LABELING POTS
OF “BLACKING” A
SUBSTANCE USED TO CLEAN
FIREPLACES.
1.GREAT EXPECTATIONS
2.A CHRISMAS CAROL
3.OLIVER TWIST
4.DAVID COPPERFIELD
5.THE PICKWICK PAPERS
6.BLEAK HOUSE
7.HARD TIMES
8.THE LIFE AND ADVETURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
9.LITTLE DORRIT
BOOKS
10.THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP11.OUR MUTAL FRIEND12.MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT13.DOMBEY AND SON 14.BARNABY RUDGE15.SKETCHES BY BOZ16.THE CHIMES17.THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH18.AMERICAN NOTES19.THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAIN20.THE HAUNTED HOUSE21.THE BATTLE OF LIFE22.THE LIFE OF OUR LORD23.MUGBY JUNCTION24.PICTURES FROM ITALY
25.A HOUSE TO LET26.CHRISTMAS STORYS27.THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFEILED28.MRS LIRRIPER29.THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS30.CHRISTMAS BOOKS31.THE ANNOTATED CHRISTMAS CAROL32.THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT33.THE SPEECHES OF CHARLES DICKENS34.GEORGE SILVERMAN’S EXPLANATION35.THE SIGNALMAN36.DICKENS’ WORKING NOTES FOR HIS NOVELS
37.SELECTED LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS38.MY EARLY TIMES39.THE UNCOMMERICAL TRAVELLER40.THE LAMPLIGHTER41.A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND42.THE MUDFOG PAPERS43.MEMOIRSOF JOSEPH GRIMALDI44.THE COMPLETE GHOST STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS45.THACKERAY THE HUMORIST AND THE MAN OF LETTERS :THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AND LITERARY LABOURS,INCLUDING A SECTION FROM HIS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES46.DICKENS TO HIS OLDEST FRIEND
CHARLES DICKENS AS A ADULT
CHARLES DICKENS MARRIED CATHRINE, THOMPSON HOGARTH IN APRIL THE 2ND 1836.
CULLIFORD THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN NAMED, CHARLES OZ DICKENS, MARY DICKENS, KATE MACREADY, WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, FRANCIS JEFFREY DICKENS,ALFRED TENNYSON,DORA ANNIE DICKENS,EDWARD BULWER,SIDNEY SMITH AND HENRY FIELDING.
SADLY,DORA DIED AT THE AGE OF 8 MONTHS AND CHARLES’S WIFE HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.IN 1858,CHARLES AND CATHRINE SEPEATED.CATHRINE DIED IN 1879.
BESTSELLING BOOKS
THE TOP FIVE BOOKS BY CHARLES DICKENS:
1.GREAT EXPECTATIONS
2.DAVID COPPERFIELD
3.A TALEOF TWO CITIES
4.OLIVER TWIST
5.NICHOLAS NICKELBY
CHARLES DICKENS WAS AN AUTHOR,BUT NOT ONLY THAT!
1. HIS BOOKS CHANGED LAW
2. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO READ OLIVER TWIST COMPLETELY
CHANGED THEIR VIEWS ON WORKHOUSES.
3. HE MADE PEOPLE HAPPY WHEN THEY READ HIS WONDERFUL
BOOKS.
4. HE HAD A HARD CHILDHOOD,BUT DIDN’T GIVE UP TRYING TO MAKE
HIS FUTURE DREAM HAPPEN!
5.HE TRAVELLED AROUND THE WORLD TO TELL RICH PEOPLE AND POOR
PEOPLE HIS STORIES.
6.AND FINALLY HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY VICTORIAN PEOPLE THAT HAD
THEIR NAME TRANSLATED INTO EVERY LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD!!!
THERE ARE LOTS MORE BUT SADLY THERE WASN’T TIME TO WRITE
THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!