Biography
Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Landport near Portsmouth. When his father was sent to a London debtors’ prison in 1824, the twelve-year-old had to work in a boot-blacking factory; he later became a law clerk, parliamentary shorthand reporter and journalist. He rose to fame with The Pickwick Papers, serialised from 1836, followed by works including Oliver Twist (1838), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times (1854), A Tale of Two Cities (1859) and Great Expectations. His novels combine humour and sharp characterisation with criticism of social injustice; as editor of magazines such as Household Words and through extensive reading tours, he shaped the literary life of his time. Dickens died on 9 June 1870 at his country house, Gad’s Hill Place, near Rochester.
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