Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. His birth place is Landport, which is located in England. His family included 7 other children, and they were often faced with debt. Charles’ father was well paid, but financial problems occurred often. As a young boy, Charles Dickens was exposed to many artistic and literary works that allowed his imagination to grow and develop considerably. Charles lived a rough life at home, considering his father was arrested and placed in a debtor’s prison in London when Charles was just 10 years old. Charles started his career in writing when he taught himself shorthand when he was in school upon his father’s release. At the age of 16, Charles became a parliamentary reporter. This job requires one to report about what transpires in the highest deliberative and legislative body of the country. When he was 18, Charles applied for a reading ticket at the British Museum, where he read the works of Shakespeare and Berger. When he was 24, Dickens career in writing took off after the publication of Sketches by Boz, which was written in 1836. Dickens wrote for three magazines in the span of just 6 years. True Sun (1830-32), Mirror of Parliament (1832-34), and the Morning Chronicle (1834-36) were the three magazines Dickens wrote for. Dickens died in 1870, at the age of 58. He suffered a stroke, which happened twice in the span of five years. After a successful writing career, Dickens was remembered as a literary genius and his writing is still read today.
