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Born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, England.
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His dad is arrested for debt in Marshalsea prison. Due to lack of money, the family sent Charles to work at the Warren bitumen factory.
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Dickens gets an assistant job at a law firm.
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Dickens begins a relationship with Maria Beadnell.
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He ends his relationship with Maria Beadnell and publishes his work: "A dinner at Poplar Walk"
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Dickens begins to use the nickname Boz and meets Catherine Hogart.
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Dickens is engaged to Catherine.
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The 1rst of his 10 children is born and Oliver Twist is published.
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Charles and Catherine tour Scotland.
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Charles and Catherine travel to America.
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Dickens and his family travel to Italy.
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Dickens and his family travel to Switzerland.
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Dickens’s sister, Fanny, dies.
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Catherine Dickens suffers a nervous breakdown. John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, dies. Dora Dickens dies when she is only eight months old. What will we have for dinner?, a Catherine Dickens cookbook is published.
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Dickens has a disappointing meeting with Maria Beadnell.
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Dickens meets Ellen Ternan.
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Dickens separates from Catherine.
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His brother Alfred dies and Dickens burns his personal papers.
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Dickens’ mother, Elizabeth, dies.
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Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst railway accident. Ellen Ternan and her mother were also on the train with him.
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Dickens tours America for the second time.
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Dickens is ordered by doctors to discontinue readings.
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Charles Dickens dies at Gad’s Hill Place on June 9, 1870.
