CHARLES DICKENS

EARLY LIFE

• Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812
• In 1816, Charles and his family moved to Chatham, Kent
• In 1822, the Dickens family moved to a poor neighborhood in London called Camden Town
• When Charles was 12 years old his father was sent to prison for dept.
• Since the imprisonment, Charles was taken out of school to work in a factory, with low pay

EARLY LIFE CONT.

• Soon Charlies was able to go back to school
• At age 15, he had to drop out of school again to work
• He worked as a writer for the London newspaper, which was a starting point of his career

PERSONAL LIFE

• Charles got married to Catherine Hogarth and had 10 children before they separated
• Charles got married to a woman named Kate.

WRITING

• Charles' first publishing was "Sketches By Boz"
• Started publishing "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club"
• Charles' also published hIs first novel, Oliver Twist.

WRITING CONT.

• Charles' also wrote 2 christmas stories
• One of the christmas stories he wrote was "A Christmas Carol"

DEATH

• Charles was in a train accident in 1865
• He never fully recovered from the accident
• June 9, 1870, Charles died of stroke
• His book "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was left unfinished