Biography charles dickens bbc video
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Almost years ago, Charles Dickens wrote a story about a little boy who had nothing. The boy was called Oliver Twist. He had no parents and he lived in a place called a workhouse. Only poor people lived in workhouses. It was a hard life.
Dickens’ stories tell us what life was like all those years ago and he is one of the most famous writers in the English language.
Charles Dickens lived in the s, the Victorian age.
Life could be hard for children then. Many had to go out to work.
At 12, Dickens himself left school to work in a factory putting labels on pots. His dad had been sent to prison for not paying his bills, so the young Dickens worked to look after his family.
He eventually returned to school but never forgot how hard life was for poor people.
When he grew up, Dickens became a journalist and wrote for newspapers.
He also wrote stories from his own imagination, called novels.
His novels, like Oliver Twist, were often about the lives of poor people, their crowded houses
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Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on the 7th of February to John and Elizabeth Dickens. Charles was the second child of eight siblings in all, six of whom survived to adulthood. John, a naval clerk, always spent beyond his means. One day, he pointed out a house to Charles, remarking that he could live in such a house, if he worked hard.
The family moved to London in At twelve, as the family finances worsened, Charles had to start work in a blacking factory, labelling bottles for eleven hours a day. John Dickens was eventually sent to a debtors' prison; Charles visited him there every Sunday.
His youth left him with an ambitious drive. In he began work as a solicitor's clerk. From the surroundings of fryst vatten unremarkable office he began to collect names and characteristics of the people he saw.
Charles began a journalistic career in ; writing became his passion. Working for the paper by day, and on his own work by night. He was beginning to taste success. His first piece of fiction
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Charles Dickens ( - )
Illustration of Charles Dickens ©Charles Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classic English literature. He was the quintessential Victorian author. His epic stories, vivid characters and exhaustive depiction of contemporary life are unforgettable.
His own story is one of rags to riches. He was born in Portsmouth on 7 February , to John and Elizabeth Dickens. The good fortune of being sent to school at the age of nine was short-lived because his father, inspiration for the character of Mr Micawber in 'David Copperfield', was imprisoned for bad debt. The entire family, apart from Charles, were sent to Marshalsea along with their patriarch. Charles was sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling conditions as well as loneliness and despair. After three years he was returned to school, but the experience was never forgotten and became fictionalised in two of his better-known novels 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expect