... in Monthly Magazine. In 1834, he adopted the soon to be famous alias "Boz." His father was once again arrested for debt. This time, however, Charles reluctantly came to his aid. In 1835, he became engaged to Catherine Hogarth, the daughter of his editor friend, George Hogarth. In 1836, he sold the copyright of his first series of "Sketches by Boz ... international copyright (American publishers were pirating his works), realized the evils of slavery, and developed a strong distaste for chewing tobacco. In 1843, Dickens published his first and most famous Christmas book, A Christmas Caro...

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