Charles Dickens By Gamerigel Feb 7, 1812 Charles Dickens was born 1824 His father was sent to prision 1824 Dickens had to work at a boot-blacking factory 1825 Charles went back to school whens his father paid the borrowed money 1836 Dickens became a Newspaper Reporter 1837 Dickens started publishing "Oliver Twist" 1842 He and his wife visited America 1843 Dickens published Christmas Carol 1850 Dickens started working on Dvid Copperfield Period: 1852 to 1853 Dickens published Bleak House 1859 He published Tale of two Cities 1865 He had a train accident Jun 9, 1870 He died, leaving his final novel ``The Mistery of Edwin Prood´´ unfinished