Anyone have any ifo on Charles Dickens?

Question

I need some help on info on Charles Dickens like a biography maby half an a4 page or a website 5 stars in it for the best answer

Answer 1

"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. This dark experience cast a shadow over the clever, sensitive boy that became a defining experience in his life, he would later write that he wondered "how I could have been so easily cast away at such an age".

This childhood poverty and feelings of abandonment, although unknown to his readers until after his death, would be a heavy influence on Dickens' later views on social reform and the world he would create through his fiction.

Dickens would go on to write 15 major novels and countless short stories and articles before his death on June 9, 1870. He wished to be buried, without fanfare, in a small cemetery in Rochester, but the Nation would not allow it. He was laid to rest in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, the flowers from thousands of mourners overflowing the open grave."

Answer 2

I hate Dickens, but I'm an English major, so here's a few other random facts. Most of his books were published in serial form, which is why they're so darn long--it was a common sight in America to see people lined up at the docks when a new Dickens installment was on the boat.

He died in the middle of writing a mystery novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The unfinished manuscript was published and is easily available...except nobody's ever figured out the mystery satisfactorily.

Answer 3

The link below provides everything u need to know about Charles Dickens so check it out u will find heaps of great info

Answer 4

Charles Dickens was a limey an he died before my time

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens