CHARLES DICKENS

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Video on Charles Dickens

EARLY YEARS

British author who was born Charles John Huffman Dickens.

Date of Birth: February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth located on the southern

coast of England.

Charles’ mother: Elizabeth Barrow

Charles’ father: John Dickens

In 1816, the family, Charles, his parents, and siblings moved to Chatham,

Kent.

In 1822, they moved to Camden Town in London.

His father was sent to prison in 1824 because of his debt, so Charles had to

work at a boot-blacking factory to help his family.

DICKENS KNOWN FOR

He became a celebrity because he expressed his beliefs

about slavery. People looked up to him and believed what he

said.

He expressed his opinion about the Americans’ in American

Notes and on his second tour, he made the comment that he

wanted to praise the United States.

Information came from: http://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087#later-

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Oscar Wilde

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+Contributions Made & How he is

remembered

Famous for “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “The Importance of Being Earnest”.

Remembered from his stories and that he was arrested for being gay.

Personality

Parents were both writers

+School Life

Started at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen

Later attended Trinity College, Dublin

Then Magdalen College, Oxford

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CHALLENGES THIS PERSON FACED

1) He had to quit school and go to work because his father didn’t have enough money to support their family.

2) Hamnet died of unknown causes

3) People criticized his work

4) People close to him died of the Bubonic Plague

THREE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS AUTHOR

1) 37 plays, 154 sonnets

2) Also an actor

3) His wife was 26 when they got married, when he was 18 .