Charles Dickens

CHARLES DICKENS

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Landport (in the United Kingdom) on February 7, 1812, and died in Higham (in the United Kingdom) on June 9, 1870. He was a writer, primarily of social historical novels, of which he is considered the "founder" and one of the most important and popular writers of all time, as well as a journalist and travel reporter of the Victorian era.

WHO IS CHARLES DICKENS

THE ADOLESCENCE

In 1823, the family, having fallen into poverty, moved to Camden Town, one of the poorest neighborhoods in London. In 1824, Dickens's father was imprisoned for debt, and in the meantime, the family became even poorer, so the writer was offered a job at a factory that produced shoe polish. Dickens worked there until 1825, after his father was able to be released. Later, his father decided to enroll Dickens back in school, and thus he began his studies again at the Wellington House Academy.

When Charles Dickens was fifteen, he began working in a law firm, hoping to become a lawyer; however, he was not convinced by the profession, so he started doing shorthand. Later, he began working in courts and legislative offices, eventually becoming a reporter for an evening newspaper. On December 1, 1833, he published his first sketch in the Monthly Magazine, while in 1834 he published his first urban sketches, which would later become the Sketches by Boz, published in 1836.

THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER

OTHER IMPORTANT WORKS

Other important works by Charles Dickens include:

- The social novels: David Copperfield (1849-1850) Hard Times (1854) Great Expectations (1860-1861) A Christmas Carol (1843)

The central theme of Dickens's works is the analysis of ambiguities, that is, what can be understood about the London society of his time, with which the writer had found himself having to confront on several occasions personally.