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Bookmark or Share- The Charles Dickens Page: His Work, Life, and TimesCharles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, the son of a clerk at the Navy Pay Office. His father, John Dickens, continually living beyond his means, was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea in 1824. 12-year-old Charles was removed from school and sent to work at a boot-blacking factory earning six shillings a week to help support the family.
- The week in theatre: London Tide; The Comeuppance; Gunter – reviewAll of London life doesn’t quite materialise in an epic take on Dickens with music by PJ Harvey; a university reunion digs deep at the Almeida; and a 17th-century witch hunt comes alive in an ...
- Charles Dickens Books and Novels | Charles Dickens InfoThe Thousand and One Humbugs – Published in 1855. Tom Tiddler’s Ground. Travelling Abroad – City of London Churches. The Uncommercial Traveller. Wreck of the Golden Mary. This a Charles Dickens book list includes novels, novellas and short stories. The 15 Charles Dickens novels are listed in order of publication.
- Biography of Charles Dickens, English Novelist - ThoughtCoUpdated on June 18, 2019. Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812–June 9, 1870) was a popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and to this day he remains a giant in British literature. Dickens wrote numerous books that are now considered classics, including "David Copperfield," "Oliver Twist," "A Tale of Two Cities," and "Great Expectations."
- Every Charles Dickens Novel and Novella, Listed - ReedsyThis novel — inspired by Dickens’ own father’s time at Marshalsea ( which was a real place!) — is a scathing critique of both the unjust, ineffectual nature of debtors’ prisons and the fragility of wealth and social circumstance. 17. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Buy on Amazon.
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