Charles John Huffam Dickens was the most popular novelists of the Victorian era and contributed to the introduction of social criticism in the English fiction literature. The fame of his novels and stories can be proven by the fact that all his books continue to be edited. Among his greatest classics stand out "Oliver Twist," "A Christmas Carol" and "David Copperfield."
Dickens was the son of John Dickens and Elizabeth Barrow. Educated by his mother, took a liking for books. For three years he attended a private school. But his father was imprisoned for debt and as a teenager, Dickens had to work in a factory producing shoe polish.
Some years later, the family's financial situation has improved, thanks to an inheritance received by his father.
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Love with the daughter of a banker, Maria Beadnell, endured the disapproval of the novel by the parents of the girl, who became indifferent to it.
In 1832 he got a job as a reporter in the newspaper "Morning Chronicle". Began publishing humorous chronic under the pseudonym Boz, gathered later as "Sketches by Boz made." With that Dickens won space in the newspaper to present the chapters of "The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick," which established his name as a writer.
The April 2, 1836 Dickens married Catherine Hogarth., With whom he had ten children. Two years later began publishing in weekly serials, "Oliver Twist" where, for the first time pointed out the social ills of the Victorian era. The novel was illustrated by Cruikshank.
In 1838, Dickens wrote "Life and Nicholas Nickleby Adventure", and then "Antiques Shop" (1840), "Barnaby Rudge" (1841) and "Martin Chuzzlewitt" (1843/44), written after a trip to USA.
In 1843, he published his most famous Christmas book, "A Christmas Carol", which would be followed others like "The Chimes" (1844), who wrote during a trip to Genoa and "The Chimney Cricket" (1845) . In 1849 he published one of his best known novels, "David Copperfield", largely inspired, in your own life. Gradually his work became more critical of the English institutions. Following this line of his books "So are Dombey and Son" (1847), "The Dark House" (1852) and "Hard