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The Life and Works of Charles Dickens

By MrFarnsworth

  • Dickens's Birthday

    Dickens's Birthday
    Charles Dickens was born on February 7th, 1812 in Portsmouth, England. His father, Tom, was a clerk in the Navy's Pay Office. His mother, Elizabeth, stayed at home to care for Charles and his seven brothers and sisters.
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    Charles Dickens's Life

  • Dickens Family moves to Camden Town, London

  • Dickens's father imprisoned for debt.

    John Dickens is knowned for living beyond his means, and was placed in the Marshalsea debtor's prison.

  • Dickens's first professional publication.

    Dickens submitted his first story, "A Dinner at Poplar Walk" in the London periodical, Monthly Magazine.

  • Sketches by Boz published.

  • Dickens marries Catherine Thomson Hogarth

  • Dickens publishes The Adventures of Oliver Twist

  • Dickens publishes The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

  • Dickens Publishes The Old Curiosity Shop

  • Dickens and his wife visit the United States and Canada for the first time.

  • A Christmas Carol

  • The Chimes

  • The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

  • The Cricket on the Hearth

  • The Battle of Life

  • The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

  • Dombey and Son

  • David Copperfield

  • Bleak House

  • Little Dorrit

  • Charles and Catherine divorce.

    In Victorian times, it was extremely rare for celebrities to divorce. Charles' separation from Catherine was a scandal. He left her to commence a relationship with the then-famous actress, Ellen Ternan.

  • A Tale of Two Cities

  • Great Expectations

  • Dickens survives a train crash.

  • Our Mutual Friend

  • Dickens's Second American Visit

    Landing in Boston, Dickens spent a month at dinner engagements with prominent American authors such as Emerson and Longfellow.

  • Dickens's dies from a stroke.