Quick Facts Name: Charles Dickens Occupation: Author

Birth : February 7, 1812 Death: June 9, 1870

Place of birth : Portsmouth, England Place of Death: Abbey, London

Charles Dickens

Birth place Portsmouth England

London

Charles Dickens was born in the Red brick house and a plaque was place on his memory

Charles Dickens Red brick house

How people dress at that period of time

Portsmouth Museums  and Records http://www.charlesdickensbirthplace.co.uk/map.htm

• Birkbeck University of London http://www.19.bbk.ac.uk/index.php/19/article/view/604/772

• Charles Dickens Page http://charlesdickenspage.com/

• Charles Dickens Victorian Web Sitehttp://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/dickens/dickensov.html

• Victoriana http://www.victoriana.com/welcome/

• The World of Charles Dickens http://www.geocities.com/pdubelbeis/

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Father: John Dickens, a naval pay clerk, who dreamed of striking it rich.

Mother: Elizabeth Barrow, inspire to be a teacher and school director.

At five, Charles moved to Chatham. When Charles was ten years old, his

family moved to Camden, London.

Personal Details

Charles Dickens worked in a blacking factory there while his father went to prison for debt. Dickens's hard times in this

blackening factory served as the base of ideas for many of his novels. When his uncle died and he inherited money,

Charles's father paid off his debts and was released from prison

Mother

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Dickens major novels were published serially-monthly or weekly. A full length novel cost 31 shillings. In 1836, 6 to 20 shillings were earned per week. A

monthly installment (32 pages with 2 illustrations and advertisements) could be sold for a shilling.

Some Novels TitlesThe Pickwick Papers  1836Oliver Twist - 1837

Nicholas Nickleby - 1838The Old Curiosity Shop - 1840

Barnaby Rudge - 1841Martin Chuzzlewit - 1843Dombey and Son - 1846David Copperfield - 1849

Novels

Dickens' cherished little Christmas story, the best loved and most read of all of his books, began life

as the result of the author's desperate need of money, expecting their fifth child, during the week

before Christmas 1843 it was an instant sensation. Dickens work was instantly the victim of pirated editions. Copyright laws in England were often

loosely enforced.

He utilizes vivid description, similes, metaphors, personification, and imagery to capture the essence of the character's personality

and traits. A good example of this is Dickens' description of Mr. Jagger's office in his novel Great Expectations, which he uses in

order to illustrate Mr. Jagger's dark, gloomy personality

Charles Dickens Writhing Style

Victorian Era

The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen) and ends in 1901 (the year of her death). It was a tremendously exciting period when many artistic styles, literary schools, as well as, social, political and religious movements flourished. It was a time of prosperity, broad imperial expansion, and great political reform

Victorian Era

Charles Dickenson was a great reader of the popular novelists of his time such as

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), who in Dickens's time was "considered to be the initiator of the British historical novel.

A tale of Two cities1859200 million sales

PlotAs the French Republic emerges, chaos rules the land. Charles picks the wrong time to head back to France. He’s immediately arrested. Luckily, Dr. Manette has some sway in France because he was once wrongly imprisoned by the aristocracy. He manages to get Charles released.

Date of Death: Thursday, June 9, 1870 (stroke) Burial: Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, London