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Charles Dickens - A Biography
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, the son of John and Elizabeth
Dickens. John Dickens was a clerk in the Naval Pay Office. He was not very
good with managing money, and in 1824 found himself being put into prison for
debt. His wife and children, with the exception of Charles, who was put to work
at Warren's Blacking Factory, joined him in the Marshalsea Prison.
When the family finances were coming right and when Charles' father was
released from prison, the twelve-year-old Dickens, already scarred
psychologically by the experience, was forced by his mother to carry on
working at the factory. He already had difficulties emotionally from this
experience. His father did recuse him from having to work at the factory and
between 1824- and 1827 Charles was a day scholar at a school in London.
At fifteen, he found a job as an office boy at an attorney's office, while he
studied shorthand at night. His brief time at the Blacking Factory haunted him all
of his life — he spoke about it only to his wife and to his closest friend, John
Forster — but this horrible, dark secret became a the basis of creative energy
and of his preoccupation with being betrayed and left alone, which are found
within the themes of David Copperfield and in Great Expectations.
In 1829 he became a free-lance reporter at Doctor's Commons Courts, and in
1830 he met and fell in love with Maria Beadnell, the daughter of a banker. By
1832 he had become a very successful shorthand reporter of Parliamentary
debates in the House of Commons, and began work as a reporter for a
newspaper.
For more on Charles Dickens' Life & Works please visit The Victorian Web
This full length article may be downloaded as a PDF document
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, the son of John and Elizabeth
Dickens. John Dickens was a clerk in the Naval Pay Office. He was not very
good with managing money, and in 1824 found himself being put into prison for
debt. His wife and children, with the exception of Charles, who was put to work
at Warren's Blacking Factory, joined him in the Marshalsea Prison.
When the family finances were coming right and when Charles' father was
released from prison, the twelve-year-old Dickens, already scarred
psychologically by the experience, was forced by his mother to carry on
working at the factory. He already had difficulties emotionally from this
experience. His father did recuse him from having to work at the factory and
between 1824- and 1827 Charles was a day scholar at a school in London.
At fifteen, he found a job as an office boy at an attorney's office, while he
studied shorthand at night. His brief time at the Blacking Factory haunted him all
of his life — he spoke about it only to his wife and to his closest friend, John
Forster — but this horrible, dark secret became a the basis of creative energy
and of his preoccupation with being betrayed and left alone, which are found
within the themes of David Copperfield and in Great Expectations.
In 1829 he became a free-lance reporter at Doctor's Commons Courts, and in
1830 he met and fell in love with Maria Beadnell, the daughter of a banker. By
1832 he had become a very successful shorthand reporter of Parliamentary
debates in the House of Commons, and began work as a reporter for a
newspaper.
For more on Charles Dickens' Life & Works please visit The Victorian Web
This full length article may be downloaded as a PDF document