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John Dickens (1785-1851) was the father of novelist Charles Dickens and a model for his character Mr Micawber. He was a clerk in the Royal Navy Pay Office and a journalist, who often faced financial difficulties and debt.
John Dickens was a naval clerk who rose to a high position in the Navy Pay Office. He had a troubled marriage, a large family and a mysterious past that may have influenced his son's writing.
Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ ˈdɪkɪnz /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1]
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John Dickens was a clerk in the Naval Pay Office. He had a poor head for finances, and in 1824 found himself imprisoned for debt. His wife and children, with the exception of Charles, who was put to work at Warren's Blacking Factory, joined him in the Marshalsea Prison.
- Childhood and Education
- The Law and Early Journalism
- The Early Novels
- The Middle Years
- The Later Years
John Dickens, with a growing family and a Navy transfer to Somerset Housein London, began to have financial troubles. At this point the family consisted of Charles, older sister Fanny, younger brothers Alfred and Frederick, and younger sister Letitia. Everyone except Charles and Fanny went to live in the Marshalsea with their parents. Fanny was boa...
In May 1827 Dickens began work as a law clerk with the firm of Ellis and Blackmore in Gray's Inn, London. He later moved to another law firm but after roughly two years in the legal business Dickens decided that the law moved too slowly and he grew bored with it (Ackroyd, 1990, p. 115-123). He obtained an admission ticket to the British Museum and ...
Charles and Catherine Dickens set up housekeeping in Furnival's Inn. Charles' brother Fred, Catherine's sister Mary, and a servant rounded out the household. On January 6, 1837, Catherine and Charles celebrated the birth of their first child, Charles Jr, called Charley. In March the growing family moved to new quarters at 48 Doughty Street. On May ...
In 1839 the Dickens family moved from Doughty Street to a larger home at Devonshire Terrace near Regent's Park. The family continued to grow with the addition of sons Alfred (1845), Sydney (1847), and Henry(1849). Dickens continued to write a book for the Christmas season every year. After A Christmas Carol (1843), and The Chimes (1844), he followe...
In May, 1864, Dickens began publication of what would be his last completed novel. Published in monthly installments, Our Mutual Friend touches the familiar theme of the evils and corruption that the love of money brings. Poor health causing perhaps a stutter in his usual creative genius, Dickens found beginning the novel difficult, he wrote to For...
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812, the second of eight children of John and Elizabeth Dickens. He spent his early years at Chatham, in Kent. In 1823, the family moved to London, where John Dickens—never financially stable—was eventually committed to Marshalsea Prison for debt, remaining there for three months.
Jul 24, 2024 · Charles John Huffam Dickens. Born: February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Died: June 9, 1870, Gad’s Hill, near Chatham, Kent (aged 58) Notable Works: “A Christmas Carol”. “A Tale of Two Cities”. “All the Year Round”.
