Charles dickens biography esl

Narrator: Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He was the second of eight children, and the family moved around before settling in Camden Town, London in 1822. When Dickens's father John was sent to prison in 1824 because he had not paid his debts, the young Charles had to work in a factory to help his family. The terrible conditions there, as well as his experiences visiting his father in prison, inspired some of his later writing. He returned to school for a little while, after his father had paid his debts.

Narrator: As a young man, Dickens worked as a political journalist, and by 1833 he was writing a series of short humorous articles for newspapers and magazines under the name "Boz." His first novel, Oliver Twist, was published in 1838. This was about a poor orphan trying to survive in London’s criminal underworld. In total, Dickens wrote fifteen novels with various themes, but all related to social justice. Some were biographical – Dav Biography life of charles dickens.