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.
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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.
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Charles had to start working in a blacking factory labeling bottles for eleven hours a day
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John Dickens was eventually sent to a debtors' prison Charles visited him there every Sunday
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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
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