Charles Dickens Thing
Charles Dickens is known by many as the greatest novelist of all time. ... In fact, there is scarcely a book of Dickens where the main character isn’t a child. ... Charles Dickens died in 1870, while working on his last novel, Edwin Drood. Born in Portsmouth, England, on February 7, 1812, Dickens early developed an interest in literature. ... His mother and father, Elizabeth and John Dickens, were both of the lower-class, and no longer had money to send Charles Dickens to school. The Dickens family was constantly moving from one house to another even smaller one. “Charles’s books were pawned; he was without companions. ... Elizabeth Dickens tried opening her own school, but not one student enrolled. All of the other children were to young to help, and at age twelve Charles was employable. James Lamert, thinking to help the family, offered Charles a job in the factory he managed. ... “Charles Dickens was forced to support himself by working at a black (shoe polish) warehouse near the Thames River” (Dickens 264).