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Video SessionA Brief Account of His Life
Answer the Following QuestionsWhen was Charles Dickens born?
What are his parents´ names? When did Charles Dickens´ family move to
London?
How old was Charles Dickens when he had to
start working?
7th February 1812
John and Elizabeth Dickens
1822
12
Where did he start working and what did he do there?
How many hours a day did he have to work?
Charles Dickens´ father was sent to prison
for his debts, how often did Charles Dickens visit him in prison?
When did Charles Dickens start working as a
solicitors´ clerk?
At a blacking factory – Labelled bottles
11
Every Sunday
1827
When did he begin a journalistic career?
What was his passion at that time?
When was his first piece of fiction published?
When did he get married to Catherine Hogarth?
What kind of a pet did Dickens have?
1831
Writing
1835
1835
A pet raven
When did Charles Dickens together with his wife set sail for America?
Where did they land?
What was his next big trip after America, and
when did he go?
What did he finally buy at the age of 44 that
his father had shown him before?
1842
Boston
A trip to Italy – 1844 in summer
A mansion house or stately home
Who did Dickens meet while organising a theatrical project?
What happened to his marriage?
What happened to Dickens and Ellen Ternan in 1865 when they were returning from Paris on a train?
What did Dickens administer the injured and
dying?
A young actress called Ellen Ternan
It broke up
A train crash – the train chrashed
Brandy and water
What did he almost forget to retrieve at the last minute from the wrecked carriage?
When(date) and where did Dickens die and
how old was he?
Where is he buried?
A copy of the final part of one of his books: “Our Mutual Friend”
Wednesday 9th June 1870 - 58
Westminster Abbey