Charles Dickens was
born on February 7, 1812 and he passed away on June 9, 1870. Dickens father
John Dickens, a clerk at the Navy Pay Office, was imprisoned for debt in 1824.
In 1827 his family was evicted from their house in Somers Town due to all of
their unpaid rent. At the time Charles was only twelve years old and was
removed from school. In order to help support his family he was sent to work at
a boot-blacking factory. Working there Charles earned six shillings a week, an
income that would help support his family and assist in paying back the rent
and other debts. These series of unfortunate events cast a dark depressing
shadow over the sensitive and clever child. Although it was a depressing time,
his ability to get through it gave Charles the strength to get through almost
anything. Later in his life he would express his bottled up feelings and his
curiosity of how it was possible that his young life could be thrown away so
easily, and carelessly.
Later
in his life, Charles Dickens became an English author who is today considered
to be one of the greatest novelists of all time. He is responsible for the
creation of many of literature’s iconic characters. He was prolific author who
had multiple writing pieces be considered classics. Dickens was one of the
first and most famous literary celebrities the word had ever seen. One of the
most popular books that Dickens ever wrote is A
Christmas Carol. Throughout his life, Dickens’ work
acquired very large quantities of fame and popularity and still has some today.
It was official during the twentieth century that his literary genius was
properly discovered by various scholars and critics. Charles Dickens is
commonly known for writing serially or writing in monthly installments. He was
the man who popularized this form of writing. He is very looked upon for
popularizing the “serial” system of writing.
