was soon halted when his father was incarcerated for debt in 1824. .
Feeling utterly humiliated, Dickens was forced to support himself working.
in a shoe-polish factory. Later, Charles described his youth in the novel.
David Copperfield with little change from what had occurred in his own.
life. Between the years of 1824 and 1826, Dickens again attended school,.
though he was for the most part self-educated. In the year of 1827,.
Dickens took a job as a legal clerk. Soon, learning short-hand, Dickens.
began to interview the courts of parliament where he adapted the technique.
of quickly describing situations in great detail which lead to his.
creative writing later in his life. In December of 1833, Dickens.
published the first of many sketches of daily life in London called the.
Sketches by Boz. Later, in 1836, Dickens would go on to publish his first.
comic narrative The Pickwick Papers. The success of his first novel made.
Dickens famous. Subsequently, Dickens maintained his fame with a constant.
stream of novels. Composing traveling books, editing weekly periodicals,.
administering charitable organizations, and social reforms, Dickens became.
very well known. In 1842, he lectured in the United States in favor of an.
international opposition to slavery soon to be followed by the publication.
of A Christmas Carol, an ever-popular children's story. Well known.
throughout America and England, Dickens life was shadowed by domestic.
unhappiness. He later divorced his wife in 1858. In spite of this,.
Dickens went on to help in a major stage production performed for Queen.
Victoria in 1851. Dickens continued to write until his death on June 9,.
1870, leaving behind ten children. He was buried in the Westminster Abbey.
five days later where his grave remains today. (Sundell) As an.
international favorite, Dickens has been praised and critiqued many times.
regarding his works. During the later nineteenth century near the height.