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