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He was born on february 7, 1812 in Portsmouth. His paents were John and Elizabeth Dickens
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Dickens had begun workinf ten-hours day at Warren's Blacking Warehouse, on Hungerford Stairs, near the present Charing Cross railway station.
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In May, through connections made by his mother, he obtained a position at the law firm of Ellis and Blackmore. Dickens was a law clerk. His duties included keeping the petty cash fund, delivering documents, running errands and other sundry tasks.
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After the publication the widow of illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book."
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On 2 April 1836, he married Catherine Thomson Hogarth (1816 – 1879), the daughter of George Hogarth, editor of the Evening Chronicle.
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The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly serial that contained both short stories and two novels (The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge). Some of the short stories act as frame stories to the novels.
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On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home, after a full day's work on Edwin Drood.nThe next day, on 9 June, and five years to the day after the Staplehurst crash, he died at Gad's Hill Place never having regained consciousness.
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Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean and based on the novel by Charles Dickens.