Who Is Charles Dickens?

Born Prince Prince Charles Toilet Huffam Devil on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the great English novelist, Charles Devil was also considered one of the English language's top authors and was acclaimed for his insightful storytelling and memorable characters. Little wonderment then, that he have achieved monolithic worldwide popularity in his lifetime.

The early life of this fecund author - the 2nd of eight children - born to Toilet and Elizabeth Ii Dickens, was an idyllic one. As he was not 'over-particularly-taken-care-of', he spent most of his clip outdoors. He also have a large appetency for reading, and read extensively, especially the novels of Tobias Tobias Smollett and Henry Fielding. Later on in his life, he would associate to his friends of his affecting memories of childhood, telling them of the people and the great events in his life, in such as rich detail. This photographic memory of his childhood have helped him tremendously in bringing his work of fiction to life. Being moderately wealthy, Devil was educated at a private school in Chatham. Alas this idyllic and outflowing life was short-lived when Dickens' father was set to a prison house for debtors, having accumulated quite a big debt, mainly from entertaining and maintaining his societal position.

Then 12 old age old, Devil began working ten-hour years in a boot-blacking factory. The meagre pay paid for his diggings and helped him to back up his family. The lurid status of the mill was etched permanently in his mind. Resentment of his state of affairs and witnessing the subjugation on the working-class people became major subjects of his work, one of which is the widely-acclaimed and autobiographical novel, "David Copperfield".

Ten old age later, in 1834, Devil became a political journalist. His journalism, in the word form of sketches, formed his first aggregation of pieces "Sketches by Boz" (his pen-name was 'Boz'). This led to the serialisation of his first novel "The Pickwick Papers", when he was 24. Soon after that, Devil was to go what he is known today, that of a mastermind author with an bosom knowledge, insight and empathy of the people as reflected in his many writings.

His success as a novelist continued. He producing "Oliver Twist" (1837-39), "Nicholas Nickleby" (1838-39), "The Old Curiosity Shop" and many more. After life briefly abroad in Italian Republic (1844) and Swiss Confederation (1846), Devil continued his success with "Dombey and Son" (1848); "David Copperfield" (1849-50); "Bleak House" (1852-53); "Hard Times" (1854); "Little Dorrit" (1857); 'A Narrative of Two Cities" (1859); and "Great Expections" (1861).

The popularity of Dickens' novels and short narratives have meant that not one have ever gone out of print. They are still widely-read to this date.