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Born in Portsmouth
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He follows the family to London
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Dickens was put to work in a blacking factory
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Became a parliamentary reporter in 1831
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"The Picwick Papers" was published
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"Oliver Twist" was published
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"Nicholas Nickleby" was published
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"A Christmas Carol" was published
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"Hard Times" was published
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"A Tale of two cities" was published
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"Great Expectations" was published
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Died at Gad's Hill on 9 June 1870. Buried in Westminster Abbey, London.
