Charles became interested in the subject of social reform and started contributing articles to the radical newspaper, the "True Sun." Despite having to charge the heavy tax imposed on newspapers, the "True Sun" sold 30,000 copies a day. In his articles, Dickens used his broad knowledge of the happenings in the House of Commons to help uphold the cause of parliamentary reform. Charles Dickens was pleased when the Parliament finally agreed to pass the 1832 Reform Act. Although, like most radicals, he thought it did not go far enough. As a result, the flow of the True Sun increased to over 60,000 ("Charles Dickens"). In December 1833, Dickens published the first of a series of original descriptive sketches of daily life in London, using the pseudonym "Boz". These stories were so popular that they were collected and published as one book, entitled "Sketches by Boz" (Dickens, Charles John Huffam). Robert Seymor drew many illustrations for Charles" short texts. Unfortunately, he committed suicide after the second issue. Yet, under these odd circumstances Charles changed the original idea of "The Pickwick Papers", which became a novel. The accomplishment of his work allowed him to propose to his love, Catherine Hogarth on April 2nd (Dickens, Charles John Huffam). The success of this first novel made Dickens famous. At the same time, it .
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influenced the publishing industry in Great Britain, being issued in a rather unusual form, with the purpose of inexpensive monthly chapters. This technique of publication quickly became popular among Dickens's colleagues (Dickens, Charles John Huffam). .
Afterwards, Charles still maintained his fame with a steady production of novels. He was a man with a lot of energy and wide talents. Even though Dickens was now a very successful novelist, he still engaged in many other activities. He administered charitable organizations, and pressed for many social reforms ("Charles Dickens").
