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On this day - 1812 (Charles Dickens); February 7th
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Friday, February 7, 1812. : English novelist Charles Dickens is born


English novelist Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Landport, Hampshire, England. Dickens spent a carefree childhood reading and roaming outdoors, but that changed when his father was imprisoned for outstanding debt when young Charles was only twelve. The boy was thrust into working 10 hours a day in Warren’s boot-blacking factory in London. The money he earned supported himself and his family who then lived in Marshalsea debtor's prison.

When an inheritance from his father's family paid off the family's debt and freed them from prison, Dickens' mother insisted Charles stay working in the factory which was owned by a relative. Dickens' resentment of his situation and the conditions under which working-class people lived coloured his later writings.

When in his early twenties, Dickens became a journalist. His writings were very popular and read extensively. His novella "A Christmas Carol" was first published on 19 December 1843, and thousands of copies were sold before Christmas Eve that year. Other popular novels followed, such as 'Oliver Twist', 'Great Expectations', 'David Copperfield', 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Nicholas Nickleby' and 'A Tale of Two Cities'.

The themes of social injustice and poverty are obvious throughout many of Dickens's novels, and his social commentaries are as popular today as they were when he penned his works.


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Anyone been watching the BBC serial Dickensian? It's a mini drama with loads of Dickens characters all in the same story. It really shouldn't work, but it does. I've really enjoyed it.
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