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Born to a life full of rags to riches
Charles was born on Febuary 7th to John and Elizabeth Dickens. -
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His life
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Change in life
John Dickens arrested and sent to the Marshalsea prison. Charles Dickens worked at the Warren's Blacking Factory -
Love
Charles met his firs love, Maria Beadnell -
Heartbreak
He broke up with Maria -
Bentley´s Miscellany
Becomes editor of Bentley's Miscellany. -
John Forster, his first biographer
Meets John Forster, who becomes a lifelong confidant and his first biographer. -
On his way to parenthood
Birth of first child, Charles Culliford Boz D -
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, begins in monthly parts in Bentley's Miscellany. -
A second child on the way...
His daughter, Kate, is born. -
The Old Curiosity Shop
1840 - Publication of The Old Curiosity Shop begins -
A trip to America
Charles and Catherine travel to America. In the next year Dickens begins work on Martin Chuzzlewit. -
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is published. One of his most popular stories -
Staplehurst railway accident
Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst railway accident along with Ellen Ternan and her mother. -
Final Reading and last publication
Dickens gives his final public reading. Publication of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins. -
A sad ending ...
Charles Dickens dies at Gad's Hill Place. -
Going back in time
