Charles Dickens
was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth and he died on 9 June 1870
formal education proved to be short
Charles himself was forced to work ten-hours days in a 'Blacking' factory
suffered three years of terrible loneliness and hardship
1833: parlamentary reporter for The Morning Charoniccle
He published 'Boz'
Sketches by Boz
Pickwick Papers
1836: married Catherine Hogarth
travel to Italy
He also wrote for the theatre and performed in front of of Queen Victoria in 1851
left his wife in 1858 for his mistress
Works:
David Copperfield
Bleak House
Dombey
Hard Times
A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
Pickwick Papers
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens' houmor
Mr Pickwick
inventivess
Great Expectations
Dickens wrote very copiously and quickly
Dickens needed to maintain interest from one episode to another
suspence
caricatures embodying particular vices or virtues