A Breif Biography of Charles Dickens

          As a child Charles Dickens faced many trails that would alter him into the powerful activist for human rights he would later become. For, Dickens father, John, spent out of his means and was thrown into Debtors Prison along with most of the family, excluding Charles. Charles roomed wtih some family friends and worked at Warren's Blacking Factory; an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life. After John Dickens and family was bought out of debtors prison by Charles, he got a jobs as a reporter. This would later develop into Dickens often writing his own pieces and later publishing them in local magazines. Not long after his parents were, yet again, residing in debtor's prison and Dickens, yet again, came to their aid. This theme would continue to develop as his relatives continued to hawk him for money. He then began to publish a series of sketches accompanied by illustrations in several magazines. It wasn't until he published The Pickwick Papers  that he became a full-time novelist. He continued to write gaining great fame and respect along the way. His most notable works are:  A Tale of Two Cities (1859), A Christmas Carol (1844), Oliver Twist (1837), David Copperfield (1849). Towards the end of his career Dickens was regarded as a national treasure and was elevated to a celebrity status. He suffered a stroke in 1869 as he began work on what would be his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He suffered another stroke in 1870 which resulted in his death. Upon Charles Dickens death, the nation of Britain honored him by placing his grave in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.