 
Charles
Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classical
English literature. He is the quintessential Victorian author:
his epic stories, vivid characters and exhaustive depiction
of contemporary life are unforgettable.
His own story is one of rags to riches. He was born in Portsmouth
on February 7, 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. The
good fortune of being sent to school at the age of nine
was short-lived because his father, inspiration for the
character of Mr Micawber in David Copperfield, was imprisoned
for bad debt. The entire family, apart from Charles, were
sent to Marshalsea along with their patriarch. Charles was
sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling
conditions as well as loneliness and despair. After three
years he was returned to school but the experience was never
forgotten and became fictionalised in two of his better-known
novels David Copperfield and Great Expectations.
Like many others, he began his literary career as a journalist.
His own father became a reporter and Charles began with
The Mirror of Parliament and The True Sun. Then in 1833
he became parliamentary journalist for The Morning Chronicle.
With new contacts in the press he was able to publish a
series of sketches under the pseudonym 'Boz'. In April 1836,
he married Catherine Hogarth, daughter of George Hogarth
who edited Sketches by Boz. Within the same month came the
publication of the highly successful Pickwick Papers, and
from that point on there was no looking back.
As well as a huge list of novels he published autobiography,
edited weekly periodicals including Household Words and
All Year Round, wrote travel books and administered charitable
organisations. He was also a theatre enthusiast, wrote plays
and performed before Queen Victoria in 1851. His energy
was inexhaustible and he spent much time abroad - for example
lecturing against slavery in the United States and touring
Italy with companions Augustus Egg and Wilkie Collins, a
contemporary writer who inspired Dickens' final unfinished
novel Mystery of Edwin Drood.
He was estranged from his wife in 1858 after the birth of
their ten children, maintained relations with his mistress,
the actress Ellen Ternan and died of a stroke in 1870. He
is buried at Westminster Abbey.
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Name: The Intellectuals
Model Name: Dickens
Material: Polyresin
Height : Approx. 3.5"
Width : Approx. 1.0"
Depth : Approx. 1.0"
Finishing: Individually hand-painted |
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