CHARLES DICKENS A famous victorian author FACTS CHILDHOOD

CHARLES DICKENS A famous victorian author.

FACTS CHILDHOOD: AS A 12 -YEAR CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM DICKENS BORN: 7 th February 1812 DIED: 9 th June 1870 OLD CHILD, CHARLES WAS FORCED TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND WORK IN THE BOOT BLACKING FACTORY EARNING ONLY 6 SHILLINGS A WEEK PLACE OF BIRTH: FOR LABELING POTS OF PORTSMOUTH UK “BLACKING” A SUBSTANCE USED TO CLEAN FIREPLACES.

BOOKS 1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS 2. A CHRISMAS CAROL 3. OLIVER TWIST 4. DAVID COPPERFIELD 5. THE PICKWICK PAPERS 6. BLEAK HOUSE 7. HARD TIMES 8. THE LIFE AND ADVETURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 9. LITTLE DORRIT

10. THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 11. OUR MUTAL FRIEND 12. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 13. DOMBEY AND SON 14. BARNABY RUDGE 15. SKETCHES BY BOZ 16. THE CHIMES 17. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 18. AMERICAN NOTES 19. THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAIN 20. THE HAUNTED HOUSE 21. THE BATTLE OF LIFE 22. THE LIFE OF OUR LORD 23. MUGBY JUNCTION 24. PICTURES FROM ITALY

25. A HOUSE TO LET 26. CHRISTMAS STORYS 27. THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFEILED 28. MRS LIRRIPER 29. THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS 30. CHRISTMAS BOOKS 31. THE ANNOTATED CHRISTMAS CAROL 32. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 33. THE SPEECHES OF CHARLES DICKENS 34. GEORGE SILVERMAN’S EXPLANATION 35. THE SIGNALMAN 36. DICKENS’ WORKING NOTES FOR HIS NOVELS

37. SELECTED LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS 38. MY EARLY TIMES 39. THE UNCOMMERICAL TRAVELLER 40. THE LAMPLIGHTER 41. A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 42. THE MUDFOG PAPERS 43. MEMOIRSOF JOSEPH GRIMALDI 44. THE COMPLETE GHOST STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS 45. THACKERAY THE HUMORIST AND THE MAN OF LETTERS : THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AND LITERARY LABOURS, INCLUDING A SECTION FROM HIS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES 46. DICKENS TO HIS OLDEST FRIEND

CHARLES DICKENS AS A ADULT CHARLES DICKENS MARRIED CATHRINE, THOMPSON HOGARTH IN APRIL THE 2 ND 1836. CULLIFORD THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN NAMED, CHARLES OZ DICKENS, MARY DICKENS, KATE MACREADY, WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, FRANCIS JEFFREY DICKENS, ALFRED TENNYSON, DORA ANNIE DICKENS, EDWARD BULWER, SIDNEY SMITH AND HENRY FIELDING. SADLY, DORA DIED AT THE AGE OF 8 MONTHS AND CHARLES’S WIFE HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. IN 1858, CHARLES AND CATHRINE SEPEATED. CATHRINE DIED IN 1879.

BESTSELLING BOOKS THE TOP FIVE BOOKS BY CHARLES DICKENS: 1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS 2. DAVID COPPERFIELD 3. A TALEOF TWO CITIES 4. OLIVER TWIST 5. NICHOLAS NICKELBY

CHARLES DICKENS WAS AN AUTHOR, BUT NOT ONLY THAT! 1. HIS BOOKS CHANGED LAW 2. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO READ OLIVER TWIST COMPLETELY CHANGED THEIR VIEWS ON WORKHOUSES. 3. HE MADE PEOPLE HAPPY WHEN THEY READ HIS WONDERFUL BOOKS. 4. HE HAD A HARD CHILDHOOD, BUT DIDN’T GIVE UP TRYING TO MAKE HIS FUTURE DREAM HAPPEN! 5. HE TRAVELLED AROUND THE WORLD TO TELL RICH PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE HIS STORIES. 6. AND FINALLY HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY VICTORIAN PEOPLE THAT HAD THEIR NAME TRANSLATED INTO EVERY LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD!!! THERE ARE LOTS MORE BUT SADLY THERE WASN’T TIME TO WRITE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY LUCY MARIA NELSON

MAY MYERS O’MULLOY

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