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1865, Dickens was in a train accident, his health never fully returning, e died of a stroke in 1870.

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Became estranged from his wife Kate.
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Published in installments from 1852 to 1853

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1842, Dickens designated himself as what many have deemed the first modern celebrity. He spoke of his opposition to slavery and expressed his support for additional reform. His lectures, which began in Virginia and ended in Missouri, were so widely attended that ticket scalpers started gathering outside his events. Biographer J.B. Priestly wrote that during the tour, Dickens “had the greatest welcome that probably any visitor to America has ever had.”
From Biography.com

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Publishes The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge
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Started publishing The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club and Oliver Twist
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began submitting sketches to various magazines and newspapers under the pseudonym “Boz.”

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born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens