Charles Dickens was a famous English author born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He worked in a factory as a child after his father was imprisoned for debt. This experience influenced his later novels. Some of his most famous works include Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and A Christmas Carol. He died in 1870 in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

1. 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

2. Birth place
Portsmouth England
London

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

5.  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 Site
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/dickens/dickensov.html
• Victoriana
http://www.victoriana.com/welcome/
• The World of Charles Dickens
http://www.geocities.com/pdubelbeis/

6. 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.
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
Charles D.
Father

7. 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 Titles
The Pickwick Papers 1836
Oliver Twist - 1837
Nicholas Nickleby - 1838
The Old Curiosity Shop - 1840
Barnaby Rudge - 1841
Martin Chuzzlewit - 1843
Dombey and Son - 1846
David Copperfield - 1849
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.

8.  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

10.  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

11.  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.
Plot
As 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.

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