Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens1812-1870

Father: John Dickens

David Copperfield

Lack of Education

Court Reporter

Love of Theatre

“Boz”

“The Pickwick Papers”

1836: Married Catherine Hogarth

1838: Oliver Twist

1839: Nicholas Nickleby

1841: Old Curiousity Shop

1841: Barnaby Rudge

1842: American Tour

1848-49: serial “David Copperfield”

1846: Editor of the “Daily News”

1850: “Household Words”

1859: “All the Year Round”

* Christmas Stories

* Tale of Two Cities

* Great Expectations

Dickens as Actor

1858-1870: Public Lectures

& Book Reading Tours

1858: Georgina Hogarth

1867-68: 2nd American Tour

1870: The Mystery of Edwin

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