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Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. He rose through the ranks from journalist to writer, and went down in history as a great English writer and the greatest prose writer of the 19th century.
The future classic writer's childhood was poor. At 12, he dropped out of school and worked in a blacking factory to help support his family. His father later paid off his debts and sent his son to Wellington House Academy. After graduating, he found work as a junior clerk at a law firm, where he contributed to several well-known periodicals. After some time, Charles realized that his fame as a reporter wasn't enough and decided to seriously pursue literature.
His novels Oliver Twist, Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, David Copperfield, and others made him a global star. In them, he criticized England's social injustice and pressing societal problems: poverty, corruption, hypocrisy, and inhumanity. His descriptions of streets, fog, and slums, which directly referenced social ills, were particularly memorable.
Dickens's works were read by everyone, from princes to ordinary workers. The novels were published monthly in parts, making literature accessible to a wide audience. They provoked widespread public outcry and led to the softening or repeal of harsh laws against the poor. Charles Dickens, despite the difficulties of the time, also maintained a belief in goodness and mercy in his novels.
Some interesting and surprising facts about his life: 1. Dickens was a very superstitious person: he touched everything three times for luck, considered Friday his lucky day, and always left London on the day the last part of his novel was published. 2. The writer was prone to visions and occasionally experienced states of déjà vu. 3. He washed down every 50 lines of writing with a sip of hot water. 4. He kept ravens as pets, and his favorite was named Grip. 5. Critics of his time often said that Charles would never be among the best writers of English literature; even Oscar Wilde did not take him seriously. 6. The writer hated monuments, and in his will he forbade the erection of any statues to him.
Charles Dickens became the voice of an entire era, whose works remain relevant two hundred years later – they are eagerly read, quoted, filmed, and staged.
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