Essay Archive - The Life of Charles Dickens
The Life of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was a nineteenth-century novelist who was and still
is very popular. He was born in Landport, a region of Portsmouth, on
Charles Dickens was the son of John Dickens and Elizabeth Barrow.
John Dickens was a minor government official who worked in the Navy Pay
Office. Through his work there, he met Elizabeth and eventually married
her. By 1821, when Charles was four months old, John Dickens could no
longer afford the rent on his house. John Dickens loved to entertain his
friends with drinks and conversation. Throughout his life, he was very
short of mone....
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