Charles John Huffam Dickens

Charles was born on February 7, 1812. He was born in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.  Charles was the second of eight kids in his family.  His family was a wealthy family until his father ran into trouble and was imprisoned.  When Charles was 12 he started work in a boot blacking factory.  He worked here to help his family get back on their feet financially.  Charles worked longer than in the boot blacking factory than the family financially needed him to.  With this being know Charles held this against his mother.  This is one memory in his childhood that he kept with him as he grew older. At the age of fifteen Charles began different work as a law clerk and realized through this experience he will not want to ever be a lawyer.  He then moved on to be a stenographer at age 17.  It was not until 1836 when Charles got married to Catherine Thompson Hogarth; just two years before he became a Journalist and found passion for writing.

Charles became a novelist his first novel was The Pickwick Papers in March 1836. Many other novels followed his first.  His first Christmas novel was the famous, A Christmas Carol. Charles wrote this story in 1843.  Some of the other novels that Charles wrote include: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations and many other novels. Charles Dickens became a very famous novelist.  He had many different stories and many different types of writing.  Charles would write fiction stories from his imagination, memories of his childhood or just from his sense of humor.  He would also write in short periods.  He would write in journal form or in the form of series.  Charles could write fast, as fast as weekly or monthly and with this ability he could write series quick enough to keep the readers curious. This was one of the abilities he acquired that made him so famous.

Charles lived and wrote until his illness in 1870.  He spent the last day of his life writing letters to his friends and during dinner time was his time to go.  He had not spoke of being ill until he was at the table waiting for his food when he noticeably admitted his illness.  Soon after this moment he passed away of a stroke.