Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English novelist and journalist. Born in Portsmouth, he worked as a child in a blacking factory while his father was imprisoned for debt, an experience that runs through his fiction. He made his name with The Pickwick Papers (1836–37), issued in monthly parts, the format he kept for most of his novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations among them. He also edited the weekly magazines Household Words and All the Year Round and gave public readings in Britain and the United States. He died at Gad's Hill Place in Kent, leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished.
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Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English novelist and journalist. Born in Portsmouth, he worked as a child in a blacking factory while his father was imprisoned for debt, an experience that runs through his fiction. He made his name with The Pickwick Papers (1836–37), issued in monthly parts, the format he kept for most of his novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations among them. He also edited the weekly magazines Household Words and All the Year Round and gave public readings in Britain and the United States. He died at Gad's Hill Place in Kent, leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished.
