1. Charles Dickens - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Charles Dickens was born in Landport, Portsmouth in Hampshire, the second of eight children to John Dickens (1786–1851), a clerk in the Navy Pay Office at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

Charles Dickens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search "Dickens" redirects here. For other uses, see Dickens (disambiguation) Charles Dickens Charles Dickens is acclaimed as one of history's greatest novelists Born 7 February Portsmouth England Died 9 June Gad's Hill Place Higham, Kent , England Occupation Novelist Influences Honor© de Balzac Miguel de Cervantes Victor Hugo William Shakespeare Influenced T. Coraghessan Boyle Fyodor Dostoevsky George Gissing Thomas Hardy ... Ray Bradbury Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA IPA /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/ 7 February 9 June pen-name "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era , as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters, and achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime. Later critics, beginning with George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton , championed his mastery of prose, his endless invention of memorable characters and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes Henry James and Virginia Woolf fault his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrence and

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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens's works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy. He had also experienced in his youth oppression, when he was forced to end school in early teens and work in a factory. Dickens's good, bad, and comic characters, such as the cruel miser Scrooge, the aspiring novelist David Copperfield, or the trusting and innocent Mr. Pickwick, have fascinated generations of readers. "In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice." (from Great Expectations In 1824-27 Dickens studied at Wellington House Academy, London, and at Mr. Dawson's school in 1827. From 1827 to 1828 he was a law office clerk, and then a shorthand reporter at Doctor's Commons. After learning shorthand, he could take down speeches word for word. At the age of eighteen, Dickens applied for a reader's ticket at the British Museum, where he read with eager industry the works of Shakespeare, Goldsmith's History of England , and Berger's Short Account of the Roman Senate . He wrote for True Sun Mirror of Parliament (1832-34), and

4. Charles Dickens --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Charles Dickens English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108359/Charles-Dickens

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Quotation Search by keyword or author: Home Weblog Quotes of the Day Motivational ... Read books online at our other site: The Literature Page Quotations by Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) English novelist [more author details] Showing quotations 1 to 13 of 13 total Read the works of Charles Dickens online at The Literature Page A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper. Charles Dickens Accidents will occur in the best regulated families. Charles Dickens I do not know the American gentleman, god forgive me for putting two such words together. Charles Dickens Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. Charles Dickens Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.

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My Account Home Free Online Study Guides Best Editing Anywhere Getting you the grade since 1999. Study Guides Editing Services ... Help Search: Biography of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, on February 7, 1812. He was the second of eight children. His mother had been in service to Lord Crew, and his father worked as a clerk for the Naval Pay office. The John Dickens was imprisoned for debt when Charles was very young. Dickens went to work at a blacking warehouse, managed by a relative of his mother, when he was twelve, and his brush with hard times and poverty affected him deeply. He later recounted these experiences in the semi-autobiographical novel David Copperfield . Furthermore, the concern for social justice and reform which surfaced later in his writings grew out of the harsh conditions he experienced in the warehouse. Although he had little formal schooling, he was able to teach himself shorthand and launch a career as a journalist. At the age of sixteen, Dickens got himself a job as a court reporter, and shortly thereafter he joined the staff of A Mirror of Parliament , a newspaper that reported on the decisions of the Parliament. Fast becoming disillusioned with politics, Dickens developed an interest in social reform and began contributing to the

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8. The Literary Gothic | Charles Dickens Charles Dickens page at The Literary Gothic, the web s premier guide to Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to 1950. http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/dickens.html

Dickens, Charles 7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870 Sites: Charles Dickens Page A rich and impressive site that includes links to and/or info about Dickens and his context; a nice Works page gives a thumbnail intro to and cast of characters for his principal works. There's also a Timeline, and a nice page on the illustrators of Dickens' works. And don't miss the excellent page on Dickens and Christmas. [David Perdue] Dickens seems to have lots of fans who combine a love of his work with good web design skills, for here's another excellent website that provides a valuable overview of his life and work, as well as few nice extras such as a Dickens quote of the day and a Dickens crossword puzzle ! [Marsha Perry] The Dickens Project A major scholary site, self-billed as "a scholarly consortium devoted to promoting the study and enjoyment of the life, times, and work of Charles Dickens." The site includes a biography, bibliographies, and much more. [U of California] Carlo Dickens "A site devoted to Dickens Studies in Italy." Lots of information, including scholarly essays exploring various aspects of Dickens' work. The Dickens Fellowship The website for this Dickens society features biographical info, links, and more.

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10. Charles Dickens - Wikiquote Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (181202-07 - 1870-06-09) was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

Charles Dickens From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA ) was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. See also Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist Nicholas Nickleby Martin Chuzzlewit ... A Tale of Two Cities Contents Sourced Sketches by Boz (1836-1837) Pickwick Papers (1836) Oliver Twist (1837-1839) ... edit Sourced To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Master Humphrey's Clock The bright old day now dawns again; the cry runs through the the land, In England there shall be dear bread—in Ireland, sword and brand; And poverty, and ignorance, shall swell the rich and grand, So, rally round the rulers with the gentle iron hand, Of the fine old English Tory days; Hail to the coming time! The Fine Old English Gentleman Wherever religion is resorted to as a strong drink, and as an escape from the dull, monotonous round of home, those of its ministers who pepper the highest will be the surest to please. They who strew the Eternal Path with the greatest amount of brimstone, and who most ruthlessly tread down the flowers and leaves that grow by the wayside, will be voted the most righteous; and they who enlarge with the greatest pertinacity on the difficulty of getting into heaven will be considered, by all true believers, certain of going there: though it would be hard to say by what process of reasoning this conclusion is arrived at.

11. Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was born at Landport, in Portsea, on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the Navy Payoffice, and was temporarily on duty in the http://www.victorianstation.com/authordickens.htm

Charles Dickens THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS Gilbert Keith Chesterton Charles Dickens was born at Landport, in Portsea, on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the Navy Pay-office, and was temporarily on duty in the neighborhood. Very soon after the birth of Charles Dickens, however, the family moved for a short period to Norfolk Street, Bloomsbury, and then for a long period to Chatham, which thus became the real home, and for all serious purposes, the native place of Dickens. The whole story of his life moves like a Canterbury pilgrimage along the great roads of Kent. There was another touch about the boy which made his case more peculiar, and perhaps his intelligence more fervid; the touch of ill-health. It could not be called more than a touch, for he suffered from no formidable malady and could always through life endure a great degree of exertion, even if it was only the exertion of walking violently all night. Still the streak of sickness was sufficient to take him out of the common unconscious life of the community of boys; and for good or evil that withdrawal is always a matter of deadly importance to the mind. It must be remembered (as I have suggested before) that there was something about the county in which he lived, and the great roads along which he traveled that sympathized with and stimulated his pleasure in this old picaresque literature. The groups that came along the road, that passed through his town and out of it, were of the motley laughable type that tumbled into ditches or beat down the doors of taverns under the escort of Smollett and Fielding. In his neighborhood were definite memorials of yet older and yet greater English comedy. From the height of Gads-hill at which he stared unceasingly there looked down upon him the monstrous ghost of Falstaff, Falstaff who might well have been the spiritual father of all Dickens's adorable knaves, Falstaff the great mountain of English laughter and English sentimentalism, the great, healthy, humane English humbug, not to be matched among the nations.

12. Charles Dickens Charles Dickens, novelist and humorist, was born at Landport in Hampshire, in February 1812. His father, John Dickens, was employed for some years in the http://www.nndb.com/people/767/000024695/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Charles Dickens AKA Charles John Huffam Dickens Born: 7-Feb Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Died: 9-Jun Location of death: Gad's Hill Place, Kent, England Cause of death: Stroke Remains: Buried, Westminster Abbey, England Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: England Executive summary: English Victorian novelist Charles Dickens, novelist and humorist, was born at Landport in Hampshire, in February 1812. His father, John Dickens, was employed for some years in the Navy Pay Department, but at the conclusion of the war with France was pensioned, and became a parliamentary reporter. In this pursuit his son was soon distinguished for uncommon ability; and after a literary engagement at a very early age upon The True Sun , he attached himself to the staff of the Morning Chronicle . In this newspaper he gave the first evidence of his talents in the lively essays, entitled Sketches by Boz , published in 1836.

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The Literature Network Authors: 260 Books: 2,260 Forum Members: 41,657 Forum Posts: 465,479 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Search all of Charles Dickens Advanced Search Charles Dickens (1812-1870) , English Victorian era author wrote numerous highly acclaimed novels including his most autobiographical David Copperfield “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.” As a prolific 19th Century author of short stories, plays, novellas, novels, fiction and non, during his lifetime Dickens became known the world over for his remarkable characters, his mastery of prose in the telling of their lives, and his depictions of the social classes, mores and values of his times. Some considered him the spokesman for the poor, for he definitely brought much awareness to their plight, the downtrodden and the have-nots. He had his share of critics like Virginia Woolf and Henry James , but also many admirers, even into the 21st Century.

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Works All His Works Hyperconcordance Criticism and Reviews Illustrations ... Speeches, Literary and Social Life and Family Life of the Author Biographical information His Life Genealogical Table ... Elämä ja teot (in Finnish) Dickens´s London Site of Hungerford Stairs The Dickens House Museum Dickens´ London London Walks ... David Copperfield (George Valsamis) David Copperfield (Exxon Mobil) Oliver Twist (Exxon Mobil) Other Dickens Links This page is created by Ritva Raesmaa , Finland 1997

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Last updated: 8 January 2008 The Dickens Fellowship Japan Dickens Fellowship Dickens Discussion Board ... Filmography Courtesy of William K. Perriam Hyper-Concordance Dickens's Letters Dickens's Speeches ... Miscellany "Wery glad to see you, indeed, and hope our acquaintance may be a long 'un, as the gen'l'm'n said to the fi' pun' note." (Sam Weller) Dickens Site Search "The Dickens Page" has been accessed times since the counter was put in on 28 September 1995. W hat's N ew (8 Jan 2008) HOW SHOULD A PERSON BE SEEN? or, CHARLES DICKENS' HARD TIMES By Eli Siegel (SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2:30 PM) (7 Nov 2007) Dickens Fellowship International Conference 2008 (23 Jun 2007) 12th Annual Dickens Society Symposium (Montreal, Aug. 17-19, 2007) (15 Apr 2007) The 101st International Conference of The Dickens Fellowship (University of Pennsylvania, 19-24 July 2007) (12 Apr 2007: Paul Lewis's tip) Dickens World, located in Chatham Maritime, Kent (8 Mar 2007) Conference: Dickens,Victorian Culture, Italy (13-17, June 2007) (19 Aug 2006) David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page has moved. (15 Mar 2006) Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol adapted and performed by Greg Oliver Bodine.

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Home Email Search Author ... Index Page Charles Dickens, the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens, was born in Landport on 7th February 1812. John Dickens worked as a clerk at the Navy pay office in Portsmouth . He later found work in Chatham and Charles, the second of seven children, went to the local school. John Dickens found it difficult to provide for his growing family on his meager income. In 1822 the family moved to Camden Town in London . John Dickens' debts had become so severe that all the household goods were sold. Still unable to satisfy his creditors, John Dickens was arrested and sent to Marshalsea Prison. Charles, now aged twelve, found work at Warren's Blacking Factory, where he was paid six shillings a week wrapping shoe-black bottles. Six months after being sent to Marshalsea, one of John Dickens's relatives died. He was left enough money in the will to pay off his debts and to leave prison. Some of the inheritance was used to educated Charles at a nearby private school, Wellington House Academy. Charles was only a moderate student and at the age of fifteen he left school and found work as an office boy in a firm of solicitors. Charles disliked the work but he did enjoy walking the streets in the evening observing the people of London Charles Dickens decided he wanted to become a reporter. He purchase

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Fiction Non-Fiction Young Readers Poetry ... Members :: Tools Printer-friendly Charles Dickens Titles in Fiction category: Battle of Life, The Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a wild flower formed by the Almighty Hand to be a perfumed goblet for the dew, felt its enamel ... Bleak House London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall. Implacable November weather. As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or ... Child's History of England, A If you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neig ... Chimes, The

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