CHARLES DICKENSA famous victorian author.

CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM

DICKENS

BORN:7th February 1812

DIED:9th June 1870

PLACE OF BIRTH:

PORTSMOUTH UK

FACTSCHILDHOOD:AS A 12-YEAR OLD CHILD,CHARLES WAS FORCED TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND WORK IN THE BOOT BLACKING FACTORY EARNING ONLY 6 SHILLINGS A WEEK FOR LABELING POTS OF “BLACKING” A SUBSTANCE USED TO CLEAN FIREPLACES.

1.GREAT EXPECTATIONS

2.A CHRISMAS CAROL

3.OLIVER TWIST

4.DAVID COPPERFIELD

5.THE PICKWICK PAPERS

6.BLEAK HOUSE

7.HARD TIMES

8.THE LIFE AND ADVETURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

9.LITTLE DORRIT

BOOKS

10.THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP11.OUR MUTAL FRIEND12.MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT13.DOMBEY AND SON 14.BARNABY RUDGE15.SKETCHES BY BOZ16.THE CHIMES17.THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH18.AMERICAN NOTES19.THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAIN20.THE HAUNTED HOUSE21.THE BATTLE OF LIFE22.THE LIFE OF OUR LORD23.MUGBY JUNCTION24.PICTURES FROM ITALY

25.A HOUSE TO LET26.CHRISTMAS STORYS27.THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFEILED28.MRS LIRRIPER29.THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS30.CHRISTMAS BOOKS31.THE ANNOTATED CHRISTMAS CAROL32.THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT33.THE SPEECHES OF CHARLES DICKENS34.GEORGE SILVERMAN’S EXPLANATION35.THE SIGNALMAN36.DICKENS’ WORKING NOTES FOR HIS NOVELS

37.SELECTED LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS38.MY EARLY TIMES39.THE UNCOMMERICAL TRAVELLER40.THE LAMPLIGHTER41.A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND42.THE MUDFOG PAPERS43.MEMOIRSOF JOSEPH GRIMALDI44.THE COMPLETE GHOST STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS45.THACKERAY THE HUMORIST AND THE MAN OF LETTERS :THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AND LITERARY LABOURS,INCLUDING A SECTION FROM HIS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES46.DICKENS TO HIS OLDEST FRIEND

CHARLES DICKENS AS A ADULT

CHARLES DICKENS MARRIED CATHRINE, THOMPSON HOGARTH IN APRIL THE 2ND 1836.

CULLIFORD THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN NAMED, CHARLES OZ DICKENS, MARY DICKENS, KATE MACREADY, WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, FRANCIS JEFFREY DICKENS,ALFRED TENNYSON,DORA ANNIE DICKENS,EDWARD BULWER,SIDNEY SMITH AND HENRY FIELDING.

SADLY,DORA DIED AT THE AGE OF 8 MONTHS AND CHARLES’S WIFE HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.IN 1858,CHARLES AND CATHRINE SEPEATED.CATHRINE DIED IN 1879.

BESTSELLING BOOKSTHE TOP FIVE BOOKS BY CHARLES DICKENS:

1.GREAT EXPECTATIONS

2.DAVID COPPERFIELD

3.A TALEOF TWO CITIES

4.OLIVER TWIST

5.NICHOLAS NICKELBY

CHARLES DICKENS WAS AN AUTHOR,BUT NOT ONLY THAT!

1. HIS BOOKS CHANGED LAW

2. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO READ OLIVER TWIST COMPLETELY CHANGED THEIR VIEWS ON WORKHOUSES.

3. HE MADE PEOPLE HAPPY WHEN THEY READ HIS WONDERFUL BOOKS.

4. HE HAD A HARD CHILDHOOD,BUT DIDN’T GIVE UP TRYING TO MAKE HIS FUTURE DREAM HAPPEN!

5.HE TRAVELLED AROUND THE WORLD TO TELL RICH PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE HIS STORIES.

6.AND FINALLY HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY VICTORIAN PEOPLE THAT HAD THEIR NAME TRANSLATED INTO EVERY LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD!!!

THERE ARE LOTS MORE BUT SADLY THERE WASN’T TIME TO WRITE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY LUCY MARIA NELSON

&

MAY MYERSO’MULLOY

THANKS FOR WATCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!