2. Who was Charles
Dickens?
• Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic who to
some people is regarded as the greatest writer of all time. He is
also the creator of some of the most memorable fictional
characters.
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3. Why is he so famous?
• Charles Dickens is so famous for his
narrative writing. He created many famous
characters that people still remember
today.
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4. When did he live/write?
• Charles Dickens was born on the 7th of February 1812
and died June 9th 1870 so he was alive for around 58
years. He started writing at the age of 17 as a reporter,
after a few years he managed to embark on a career in
journalism. His first successful novel was The Pickwick
Papers, in 1836, when he was 24, this enabled him to
become a full-time novelist.
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5. Where did he live?
• Charles Dickens was born in
Portsmouth, Hampshire but spent most
of his life in and around London.
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6. What did he do?
• Apart from writing books Charles Dickens
worked in a warehouse that handled shoe
polish when he was 12 after his father was
jailed. He also worked as a office boy at an
attorney, a shorthand reporter in the courts
and later as parliamentary and newspaper
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7. How did he become
famous?
• Charles Dickens wrote novels which contained
stories of ordinary people. Many of his stories
were about the hardships people often faced
during the early/mid 19th century.
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8. How do people still
know about him?
• We still know about Charles Dickens
because of his very famous books he used
to write. His books give us an idea of
growing up in his time and the difficulties
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9. Why are his stories/
novels so famous/loved?
• Dickens' stories came out in weekly or monthly
parts. Each month people could read a new
chapter in the story.Readers like a good story,
with interesting characters. Dickens was very
clever at making up characters. People all
over the world know Oliver Twist, Scrooge and
David Copper field, even if they have not read
the books in which these characters appear.
Because of this people read his books and
told others and younger children about them.
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