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Charles Dickens

He was an author who lived in the 19th century and he lived, since he was 9 years old, in London. His family were poor and therefor he had to work in a factory as he was 12 years old.

There are many museums and festivals about him or about books that he wrote. For example:

- Charles Dickens Museum in London

- Oliver Twist's home in Liverpool

- The great Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco, California

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He was born 1812, dead 1870. He died from a stroke.

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http://www.biography.com/video/charles-dickens-full-episode-2073085321http://www.biography.com/video/charles-dickens-full-episode-2073085321

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Charles John Huffam Dickens

Born 7/2 1812 in Hampshire and died year 1870.

Charles is today very famous for his many works of literature, the story about Ebenezer Scrooge and also Oliver Twist  which is another very famous book written by him.

Charles Dickens writing style is quite unique in a way, he would often write very poetical, and was also a huge fan of satire as can be seen in many of his works.

For some unknown reason he would always insist on sleeping with his bed aligned to north-south with his head towards the north.

The Oxford English Dictionary credits him with the first use of butter-fingers, crossfire, dustbin, fairy story, slow-coach, and whoosh.

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Charles Dickens was a very famous author. One of his most famous novel was Oliver Twist.

He had 10 children and he lived during the Victorian era and died at the age of 58.

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The Oxford English Dictionary credits him with the first use of butter-fingers, crossfire, dustbin, fairy story, slow-coach, and whoosh.

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https://youtu.be/Yd1tZkJ2Gq4https://youtu.be/Yd1tZkJ2Gq4

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1. Dickens’s house had a secret door in the form of a fake bookcase. The fake books included titles such as ‘The Life of a Cat’ in 9 volumes.

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Charles Dickens was the well-loved and prolific British author of numerous works that are now considered classics.

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He wrote his books during the Victorian era.
He was a British auther.
He has written many books both novels and short stories. Two of them are Great Expectations and Oliver Twist.
He lived during the 19th century.
His father went to prison.
He left school to work in a factory.
In London there are informative Dickens walks where you learn about the life and works of Charles Dickens.

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his father was jailed.
In 1836 Charles Dickens married Catherine Hogarth.
Died on 9th June 1870. (stroke after completing a full day’s work on his novel Edwin Drood)
Had ten children with Catherine Hogarth.
Appeared on the British £10 note.

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- He had 10 children
- After his father was jailed for having ‘bad debts’, he had to leave school and start work in a blacking factory (a boot polish factory). He worked there for three years.
- Started as a journalist
- Charles Dickens has appeared on the British £10 note.

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-He had ten children but one of them died when he/she was 8 months old.
-He died when he was 58 years old
-He had a poor childhood

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Charles John Huffam was born the February 7th 1812 in Hampshire, England and died June 9th 1870 at the age of 58 in Kent, England.
He was active during the Victorian era as a writer and a social critic. One of his most famous books is Oliver Twist which he released in 1838.
During his childhood he and his family was very poor.

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Dickens was born in portsmouth on the 7:th of febuary 1812.

He was a british novelist and his most famous works are: Oliver Twist, A christmas carol  and Great expectations.

He had a quite poor childhood and he was forced to drop out of school and work in a factory instead, because his father went to jail.

the family got an inheritence and he could go back to school, although he later on had to leave school again and start working in an office, this job would be the start of his career

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Charles Dickens was born Charles John Huffam Dickens, on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, on the southern coast of England.

Charles Dickens were a British novelist. He wrote the beloved classic novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.

In 1865, Charles Dickens was in a train accident and never fully recovered. Despite his fragile condition, he continued to tour until 1870. On June 9, 1870, Dickens had a stroke and, at age 58, died at Gad’s Hill Place, his country home in Kent, England.

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He lived in the 1800's

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7 February 1812 (Portsmouth) - 9 June 1870
Lived in the London area for most of his life
He grew up poor and had to quit school in order to work. The hard life he had while growing up is portraited in some of his books, for example Oliver Twist.
He later learned stenography and started to work in a magazine.

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Charles Dickens came from a poor family, but he was lucky enough to attend school.

Unfortunately, after his father was jailed for having ‘bad debts’, Charles Dickens was forced to leave school and start work in a blacking factory (a boot polish factory). He worked there for three years. The conditions were very poor and Charles Dickens suffered from loneliness.

Charles Dickens has appeared on the British £10 note.

His most famous books include, Our mutual friend, David Copperfield etc.

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Charles John Huffam Dickens

Born: 7 February 1812

Landport, Hampshire, England

Died: 9 June 1870 (aged 58)

Higham, Kent, England

English writer and social critic

Success began 1836 with the serial publication of The Pickwick Papers

Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison.

Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

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Charles Dickens was born the February 7th 1812 in Portsmouth, but moved to London when he was 8 years old. He died 58 years old on June 9th 1870. He married Catherine Hogarth 1836 and together they had 10 children.

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He was born in Portsmouth. 7 feb 1812 (Died: 9 june 1870)

Some of his famous works: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations

He had 10 kids.

His father had a lot of debts so Charles left school to work in a factory.

For 20 years he worked with editing a weekly journal.

1842: Charles and his wife travelled to the United States for the first time.

1844: Lived briefly in Italy.

1857:  Charles Dickens had an affair with teenager Ellen Ternan.

His parents were John Dickens and Elizabeth Barrow Dickens.

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Born the 7th of February 1812 in Portsmouth but he lived most of his life in London. He had 10 children, with his wife Catherine Thomson Hogarth. He has written many famous novels, the most famous is probably Oliver Twist. Today you can visit several different museums to learn more about him, one of them is in London and is called "Charles Dickens Museum". It lies quite near Blackfriars Bridge.

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He had a really troubled childhood. His father went to prison for his debts so dickens had to quit school. Instead he worked at a shoe factory to provide for his family.

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British author, born 1812
works: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickelby, Sketches by Boz,  American Notes,
married to Cathrine Hogart with which he had nine kids

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He was born 1812 and died 1870

He is considered being one of the greatest authors.

He had a poor childhood and had to start working in a factory at the age of 12 to survive.

He married Catherine Hogarth and they had 10 children together.

He wrote about 20 novels and many shortstories.

Some of his famous works are: Oliver Twist, Great expectations, David Copperfield

He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

He died before he got the chance to finish his last work "The Mystery of Edwin Drood".

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He was  an English writer and social critic.

Born 1812 and died 1870

The original manuscripts of many of his novels, as well as printers' proofs, first editions, and illustrations from the collection of Dickens's friend John Forster are held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.