Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

Also known as
Boz (1812-1870)
Dickens, Karol (1812-1870)
Digengsi (1812-1870)
Dikens, Charlz (1812-1870)
Dikensas, Čarlzas (1812-1870)
Dikensi, Čʻarlz (1812-1870)
Dikkens, Charlz (1812-1870)
Sparks, Timothy (1812-1870)
Ti-keng-ssu (1812-1870)
Ṭikkan̲cu, Cārlacu (1812-1870)
Ṭikkan̲s, Cārlas (1812-1870)
Ṭikkan̲s, Cārls (1812-1870)
Диккенс, Чарлз (1812-1870)
דיקינס, צ׳רלס (1812-1870)
דיקנס, ַ. צ׳רלז (1812-1870)
דיקנס, טשרלס (1812-1870)
דיקנס, צ׳רלז (1812-1870)
דיקנס, צ׳רלס (1812-1870)
דיקענס, טש (1812-1870)
דיקענס, טשארלז (1812-1870)
דיקקענס, טשארלז (1812-1870)
טשרלס, דיקנס (1812-1870)
チャールズディケンズ (1812-1870)
狄更斯查尔斯 (1812-1870)
Field of activity
novelist
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Biographies

DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870), novelist, was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, England, son of John Dickens, a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, and his wife Elizabeth, née Barrow. Dickens received intermittent schooling and indifferent care from his parents who were once obliged to take up residence in Marshalsea prison for debt. First apprenticed to the law, he began writing unpaid pieces for popular journals. Sketches by 'Boz', Dickens's pseudonym, were published in two volumes in 1836 and The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club in 1837. Sam Weller and Mr Pickwick created a world-wide furore and Dickens's imitators were legion. Pickwick parties were held as far apart as Canada and Kangaroo Island, whilst the first pirated edition of Pickwick Papers was printed by Henry Dowling of Tasmania in 1838.

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  1. Great expectations / Charles Dickens
    Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
    [ Book, Audio book, Sound : 1800-2013 ]
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    Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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    Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
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  5. Dickens quarterly
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  6. Dickens / by Peter Ackroyd
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  7. The works of Charles Dickens
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  10. The life of Charles Dickens / by John Forster ..
    Forster, John, 1812-1876
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