Charles Dickens was born on February 7th, 1812. Was born in Landport, England, he died at his home in Kent on June 9th, 1870. He was the second child out of eight children in his family. Charles Dickens dropped school when his saw his father being arrested, and was placed in a blacking factory where he worked at labeling bottles. He returned to school on behalf of his father being released from prison and at the age of sixteen became a parliamentary reporter. Charles’ career as a writer didn’t take off until he was about 24 years old. His first publication was Sketches by Boz in 1836, in the following year Charles wrote Pickwick Papers. Charles revised his works, plots and characters based on the readers’ responses. Many of his works were published in monthly installments, a format of publication that Dickens helped make more popular to publishers and writers. Charles Dickens was a famous writer of the 18th century and his works are still being read today. The twentieth century, however, is a time period where his literary genius was fully recognized by critics and scholars.
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