4. Who is Charles Dickens?
Charles Dickens, in full Charles John Huffam
Dickens, (born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth,
Hampshire, England—died June 9, 1870, Gad’s
Hill, near Chatham, Kent), English novelist,
generally considered the greatest of the
Victorian era. His many volumes include such
works as A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield,
Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great
Expectations, and Our Mutual Friend.
5. Charles’
Family
Father: John Dickens (1785-1851)
Mother: Elizabeth Barrow Dickens
(1789-1863)
Sister: Frances Dickens (1810-1848)
Brother: Alfred Dickens (1814)
Sister: Letitia Mary Dickens (1816-1874)
6. Sister: Harriet Dickens (1819)
Brother: Frederick William Dickens (1820-
1868)
Brother: Alfred Lamert Dickens (1822-1860)
Daughter: Dora Annie Dickens (1850-1851)
Son: Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (1852-
1902)
7. Brother: Augustus Newnham "Moses" Dickens (1827-
1868)
Wife: Catherine Thompson Hogarth (1815-1879)
Son: Charles Culliford Boz Dickens (1837-1896)
Daughter: Mary Dickens (1838-1896)
Daughter: Kate Macready Dickens (1839-1929)
8. Son: Walter Landor Dickens (1841-1863)
Son: Francis Jeffrey Dickens (1844-1886)
Son: Alfred Tennyson Dickens (1845-1912)
Son: Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847-1872)
Son: Henry Fielding Dickens (1849-1933)
Total= | 7 Sons | 3 Daughters | 4 Brothers | 3 Sisters |
2 Parents | 1 Wife |
10. Novels Written by Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers – 1836
Oliver Twist – 1837
Nicholas Nickleby – 1838
The Old Curiosity Shop – 1840
Barnaby Rudge – 1841
Martin Chuzzlewit – 1843
A Christmas Carol -- 1843
Dombey and Son – 1846
David Copperfield – 1849
Bleak House – 1852
Hard Times – 1854
Little Dorrit – 1855
A Tale of Two Cities – 1859
Great Expectations – 1860
Our Mutual Friend – 1864
The Mystery of Edwin Drood – 1870