Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was an English writer who was born in 1812 and died in 1870, at the age of 58. He was very famous and a lot of people think that he´s the best writer that has ever been. His novels and short stories were very popular during his life, and nowadays his novels are still being edited and taken to the cinema.

His childhood was really difficult; when he was a child, his father was imprisoned and at the age of 12, he started working in the Warren´s Boot-Blacking Factory. This was a very hard job because he worked 10 hours a day and he earned only 6 shilling a week! With that money he helped his family who was in prison with his father. After that, his father went out of the prison, but they were still poor.

He worked in many jobs, but finally he was hired as a political reporter.
In 1836 he married Catherine Thompson Hogarth and they had 10 children.

In 1849 he writed "The Life of OurnLord", a short book about the life of Jesus. It was written with the purpose of inculcating the Christian religion to their children.

Dickens wrote a lot of books during his life and he became an important writer. He loved the theater and his best seller was David Copperfield.

After his wife died, he had a train accident where a lot of people were killed. Fortunately, he didn´t die.
Five years later, in 1870, he died suddenly and he was buried in "the corner of the poets", in Westminster.

His most important books are "Oliver Twist", " Hard times" and " A christmas Carol".