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 Drood