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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812. His family was quite rich and young Dickens was really happy. He liked reading. He wanted an education. When Dickens was 12, his father went to prison because he had debts to a baker. So young Dickens was sent to work in a blacking factory. He felt very sad for this. However he had talent, desire, drive and a strong belief in himself. That’s why he managed to fulfil his dream and he became rich and famous. He first worked as a clerk and then decided to become a shorthand reporter. He married the daughter of the chief editor of The Evening Chronicle. Together they had ten children, but their marriage was not a happy marriage. He did not only write as a journalist, but he also wrote many famous novels. He did not only become famous in the UK, but also in Europe and in the
USA, where he read his novels in public. Dickens died in 1870. Now he is buried in the Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey among the other famous British writers. WHAT DID HE WRITE AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIS STYLE? We already know that Dickens worked for many years as a journalist. He therefore wrote many newspaper articles but he also wrote many novels. Novels were the best literary genre of the time, because the main aim of the authors was to portrait and denounce the social evils of the time. Novels were a mirror of the period, aimed at making readers realize social injustices. Dickens wrote fourteen major novels. Some of them are Oliver Twist, Hard Times, David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol. To write his articles, he walked many hours a day and observed all what surrounded him. Everything he wrote was a thorough description of the habits and life of this time. Dickens can be thus considered the reporter of the habits and
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