https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac The Man who created Christmas en-us 2018-09-07 12:08:21 UTC 2018-09-09 22:02:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bagshop.png 14skhan https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac/wish/278798296 Who is he?
Charles Dickens is a British author renown for his work in English literacy and creating some of the worlds best known fictional characters and books like Oliver Twist, The Great Expectations and the famous a Christmas Carol.

]]> 2018-09-07 12:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac/wish/278798296 14skhan https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac/wish/278799623 Dickens was born on the 7th Febuary 1812, during the War of 1812. He was born to John and Elizabeth Dickens. His Father himself was an author, who wrote and published books. They both were the source to their son's semi-autobiographical Novel David Copperfield]]> 2018-09-07 12:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac/wish/278799623 14skhan https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac/wish/278801567 His life is very much a tale of Rags to Riches. He was fortunate enough to go to school, but at the age of nine he had to leave due to his father being imprisoned for Bad Debt.

His mother and father were both sent to Marshalsea alongside their patriarch leaving behind Charles, from their he was sent to work at Warren's Blacking Factory and for the next 3 years he lived in appalling conditions, experiencing pain and loneliness. 


He later returned to school at the age of 12, but he never forgot his experience and used it to write well-known books like The Great Expectations and David Copperfield.]]> 2018-09-07 12:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac/wish/278801567 14skhan https://padlet.com/14skhan/k1xqac4o9eac/wish/279203062 He began his career as a journalist and began with journals 'The Mirror of Parliament' and 'The True Sun'. He later began a career as parliamentary journalist for The Morning Chronicle. With his presence in the press and the many contacts he had made, he was able to publish a series of sketches under the pseudonym 'Boz'. Within that very month came the publication of the very successful 'Pickwick Papers, and from that point on there was no looking back for Charles Dickens.

As well as the extensive novel that he had published, he also edited weekly periodicals, wrote travel books and administered charitable organisations that helped clean up slums and helped really poor children.

He was also an avid playwright that wrote play's that were performed in front of Queen Victoria.

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