Charles Dickens born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His family to London in 1822. His father was to prison for debt. Charles to leave school. He in a factory. He later about what he experienced.

He school at age 15. He work as a journalist. In April 1836, he Catherine Hogarth. His first book was in 1837.

He his wife in 1858 after the birth of their ten children. He of a stroke on June 9 1870. He is at Westminster Abbey.