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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - Coggle Diagram
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Early life and education
Catherine Hogarth, 10 children, losses in 1850s
Ellen "Nelly" Ternan
Charles John Huffam Dickens
Victorian era, literary genius
British novelist, journalist
Father John Dickens, debts
Forced to leave school in 1824
Books, movies and travels
"Oliver Twist" (1837-1838), inspired by Dickens childhood
"David Copperfield", the first work of its kind
15 novels
"A Christmas Carol", penned in 6 weeks
"Bleak House" (1852-1853), hypocrisy of British society
"Little Dorrit" and "Our Mutual Friend"
"The Man Who Invented Christmas"
1842, first U.S tour; Biographer J.B Priestly
1867-1868, the second U.S tour
Time in Italy
Death, influence and legacy
Poet’s Corner at Westminister Abbey
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
Train accident 5 years earlier
Museums and festivals
Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Charles Dickens Museum
Died in June 1870, stroke
Statues over the world
Life-size statue in Centennial Park, Sydney
Life-size statue unveiled in his birthplace
Dickens and Little Nell in Clark Park
Dickens World, opened in Chatham 2007
The popularity of "A Christmas Carol"
The Charles Dickens School in Kent
Journalism and early writings
"A dinner at Poplar walk"
"Sketches by Boz"
Dickens in 1832
"The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club"