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Essay on Charles Dickens Charles Dickens (son of John and Elizabeth Dickens) was born on February the 7th , 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth. He died on June 9th, 1870. In his life, Charles Dickens wrote 15 great novels and several short stories. Charles grew up in a poor family. At the age of 12 (1824) his father, mother and siblings were sent to prison because of his fathers debt. Therefore, Charles was sent to work in a shoe-blacking factory for six shillings a week, to provide money for his parents. After the release of his family, Charles went to school for 3 years in London. When Charles was fifteen years old, he was hired as an office boy at an attorney’s. Charles grew up to be a reporter, and of course a great novelist, marrying Maria Beadnell (1830) only to divorce again three years later (1833). One year later (1834), Charles adopted a little boy, whose father also was sent to prison. In 1835 Charles met and became engaged to Catherine Hogarth. They also divorced in the year of 1858. Afterwards, Charles was said to have a “sweetheart” named Ellen Ternan (whom he actually met before his divorce with Catherine, it is belie