The Life of Charles Dickens 2022 is the 210th anniversary of the birth of the English writer Charles Dickens, who wrote many internationally famous novels. Read the following article about Charles Dickens to find facts about his life. Write the facts you collect in the grid below. You should use complete sentences and make sure they are grammatically correct. http://charlesdickenspage.com/fast-facts.html 1 2 3 Charles John Hotham Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. He was son of John and Elizabeth Dickens. Charles was the second son of eight siblings, six of whom survived to adulthood. The family moved to London in 1822 at age twelve when the family finances worsened. 4 Charles had to start working in a blacking factory labeling bottles for eleven hours a day 5 John Dickens was eventually sent to a debtors' prison Charles visited him there every Sunday 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 In 1827 he began working as a trainee solicitor. In 1831 writing became his passion working for the newspaper during the day and at his own work at night he was beginning to taste success his first work of fiction was published in 1835 that same year Charles met Katherine Hogarth they fell in love and married his fame more widespread writing began to be published in 1835 more widespread rumors began to abound of his drunkenness and admission to an insane asylum it was easy to make up stories about the writer who had a pet raven and whose writing dealt in extremes of the sentimental are grotesque in 1842 Charles and Catherine sailed for America upon landing in Boston they were assaulted by crowds dickens' interest was in visiting the unusual which inspired his writing he took his whole family on his next big trip to Italy in the summer of 1844 Dickens began to search for new versions of dyes helped start and edit a radical newspaper founded a shelter for homeless women and performed his plays at public readings at the age of 44 Charles bought gadshill the house his father had pointed ed to him all those years before he symbolized a pinnacle of achievement while Dickens was organizing a theatrical project the deep frozen met and became spellbound by a young actress Ellen Ternan which caused the end of his marriage to Katharine once April 19, 1860, while Charles and Ellen were returning from Paris, their traction train burst, Dickens administered brandy and water to the wounded and dying carriage the incident left Charles very shaken for a while he kept his busy itinerary on Wednesday, June 9, 1870 at the age of 58 Charles suffered a stroke and died He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Charles Dickens novel word search Now you know more about the man, Charles Dickens, complete the word search to find the titles of some of his famous novels. Stories to find The Old Curiosity Shop Nicholas Nickleby Dombey and Son The Pickwick Papers Martin Chuzzlewit Oliver Twist A Tale of Two Cities A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Little Dorrit
