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By: Jesse Coggins, Wade Blair, Tyler Milewicz, Owen Hayes 1 st Period. Charles Dickens. Childhood. Charles was Born February7,1812. His Parents Were John and Elizabeth Dickens. He was the second of eight in his family. His Family was always in debt. Family Life. Charles had ten Children.
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By: Jesse Coggins, Wade Blair, Tyler Milewicz, Owen Hayes 1st Period Charles Dickens
Childhood • Charles was Born February7,1812. • His Parents Were John and Elizabeth Dickens. • He was the second of eight in his family. • His Family was always in debt.
Family Life • Charles had ten Children. • Nine out of ten of his children became adults. • Charles family disliked the Religious Controversy.
Dickens Novels • Dickens got a lot of fame from the “Pickwick Papers”. • Dickens is best known for the “Christmas Carol” . • Some of his other novels were “Bleak House”, “Hard Times”, and “Little Dorrit” .
Where Dickens has Lived • Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. • When Charles was five, he moved to Chatman in the country. • In 1822,his family moved to London. • When Charles was grown , he moved to Gad’s Hill.
Some of Dickens Job’s • In 1824, he became working at Warren’s Blacking Factory • In 1827, he became a clerk in a law office. • In 1831, he was a newspaper reporter in London. • In 1834, Dickens started writing fiction and publishing .
Dickens Visit to America • Dickens left for America on January 4, 1842. • Charles did not like the manners in America. • Charles wrote a book about America called “American Notes”.
Parallel to Oliver twist • Oliver twist was put into a workhouse • Oliver Twist did not have good schooling • Oliver told people how horrible workhouses were
Parallel to David Copperfield • David was a child of abilities • David had to work in a blackening factory • David felt thrown away when he went to a workhouse
Parallel to A Christmas Carol • The Crotchet family was very poor • The Crochets celebrated Christmas the best way they could • Tinny Tim had to work for food
Parallel to Tale of two Cities • It took place in the Victorian era • Often people got thrown in prison • Rich and poor were separated
Dickens Ambition to write • Dickens one ambition was to live at Gads hill Place • Dickens second ambition was to write books for entertainment • Dickens last ambition was to put the life of the Victorian era in his books
Dickens life parallel to his books • Scrooge was a greedy business man like most misers • Dickens wrote about al the children being in work houses • Mr. Pickwick got thrown in debtors prison like Charles father
Why People in The 19th Century Loved His Writing • People love his Christmas books. • People loved his books because they are easy to go along with. • He wrote about how the poor lived. • It change the way people looked at them.
Family • His fathers name was John Dickens. • His mothers name was Elizabeth Barrow. • Charles was born on February 7, 1812. • He had eight brothers and sisters.
Marriage • His first love was Maria Beadnell. • He married Catherine Hogarth. • But he liked her sister Mary more. • Mary died at seventeen. • Catherine and Charles had ten children.
His Carrier • He became a celebrity. • He was a stage actor and fell in love with Ellen Ternan. • He was one of England's best writer.
His Families Inspiration • His father inspired him to write about dept. • Deters prison inspired him to write about the poor. • The blacking factory inspired him to write about orphans and working children like in Oliver Twist.
His Work • He wrote plenty of books like the Christmas Carroll that taught people to be happy on the holidays. • He also wrote a book about orphans working in factories in Oliver Twist. • He wrote a book about his travels in America called “American Notes”.
His Literary Career • Like many others, he began his literary career as a journalist. • His own father became a reporter.
Writing Career • Many of his novels were first published in monthly installments. • Readers would wait in great excitement.
When he was a writer • As a writer, Dickens created a whole world- realistic yet fantastic. • He created some of the most memorable characters in literature.
When he published autobiography • He wrote plays and performed before Queen Victoria in 1851. • As well as a huge list of novels, he published autobiography, and edited weekly periodicals.
His Education • At 13, Charles went to the school of cruel Mr. Jones for two years. • In 1825, Charles started at Wellington House Academy.
