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| name = Charles Dickens<br />
| image = Dickens Gurney head.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Charles John Huffam Dickens<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1812|2|7|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Portsmouth]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1870|6|9|1812|2|7|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kent]], England<br />
| resting_place = [[Poets' Corner]], [[Westminster Abbey]]<br />
| occupation = Novelist<br />
| notableworks = ''[[Sketches by Boz]]'', ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', ''[[David Copperfield]]'', ''[[Great Expectations]]''<br />
| signature = Charles Dickens Signature.svg<br />
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'''Charles Dickens''' (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)<ref name="adb">{{cite book|url=http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040065b.htm|title=Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)|last=Lansbury|first=Coral|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography On Line Edition|publisher=Australian National University|language=English|accessdate=2010-03-16}}</ref> was one of the great [[English people|English]] writers of the [[19th century]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England.<ref name=adb/> His parents were John Dickens (1785-1851),<ref name="myheritage.com">[http://www.myheritage.com/FP/family-tree.php?s=50445521&familyTreeID=1 Dickens Family Tree website]</ref> a [[navy|naval]] pay clerk, and Elizabeth Barrow (1789–1863).<ref name="myheritage.com"/><br />
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When Dickens was born, he had [[dyslexia]] and so he could not read or write properly, unlike other kids. When Charles was 12 years old, his family moved to [[Camden]], [[London]]. He worked in a blacking [[factory]] there while his father was in [[prison]] for [[debt]]. Dickens's hard times in the factory served as a foundation of ideas for many of his [[novel]]s. Many of them, like ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', later became famous. When his great-grandmother died and transmitted [[money]], Charles' father paid off his debts and was released from prison. Charles did not like working and wished to stop after his father had been released. However, his mother said that the family needed the money and so Charles was forced to continue working. Charles then finished his schooling and got a job as an office boy for an [[attorney]]. After finding that job dull, he taught himself [[shorthand]] and became a [[journalist]] that reported on the government. Dickens was a [[Unitarian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/charlesdickens.html|title=Charles Dickens|publisher=25.uua.org|accessdate=November 30, 2013}}</ref><br />
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He was once involved in a train crash near Stapleford, Kent.<br />
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== Writer ==<br />
His first book was ''[[Sketches by Boz]]'' in 1836, a collection of the short pieces that he had been writing for the ''Monthly Magazine'' and the ''Evening Chronicle''.<ref name="cousin">{{cite web|url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/d/dickens/charles/|title=Charles Dickens (1812-1870)|last=Cousin|first=John W.|date=1910|work=A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature|publisher=University of Adelaide|language=English|accessdate=2010-03-16|archive-date=2009-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826223427/http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/d/dickens/charles/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was followed by ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' in 1837.<ref name=adb/> Both books became popular as soon as they were printed.<ref name=adb/><br />
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Charles Dickens died of a stroke on June 9, 1870. He was buried in [[Poets' Corner]] in [[Westminster Abbey]].<br />
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== Books ==<br />
Charles Dickens wrote many books, including:<br />
* ''[[Sketches by Boz]]'' (1836)<br />
* ''The Pickwick Papers'' (1837)<br />
* ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' (1838) <br />
* ''Nicholas Nickelby'' (1838)<br />
* ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1840)<br />
* ''Barnaby Rudge'' (1841)<br />
* ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' (1843)<br />
* ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (1843)<br />
* ''Dombey and Son'' (1846—1848)<br />
* ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]]'' (1849—1850)<br />
* ''Bleak House'' (1851—1853)<br />
* ''Hard Times'' (1854)<br />
* ''Little Dorritt'' (1855—1857)<br />
* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1859)<br />
* ''Great Expectations'' (1861)<br />
* ''Our Mutual Friend'' (1865)<br />
* ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]'' (1869—1870) (unfinished)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* [http://www.bl.uk/people/charles-dickens Charles Dickens] at the British Library<br />
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