Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, His paterns were John and Elizabeth Dickens, He was the second of their eight children. John Dickens was a clerk in the Naval Pay Office. He was a poor man, began to work at a very young age because his father was imprisoned because of his debtin, then the economy eventually improved and Charles was able to go back to school. After leaving school, he started to work in a solicitor's office. He learned shorthand and started as a reporter working for the Morning Chronicle in courts of law and the House of Commons. In 1836 his first novel was published, "The Pickwick Papers". It was a success and was followed by more novels like His last novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", was never completed and was later published posthumously.

Then charles Dickens mirried with Catherine. He and his wife, Catherine Hogarth, had ten children: Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, born 1837; Mary Dickens, born 1838; Kate Macready Dickens, born 1839; Walter Savage Landor Dickens, born 1841; Francis Jeffrey "Frank" Dickens, born 1844; Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens, born 1845; Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens, born 1847; Henry Fielding Dickens, born 1849; Dora Annie Dickens, born 1850; and Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, born 1852.

Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870 in his house.