Biography of charles dickens bbc
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A BBC radio collection celebrating Charles Dickens' life, work and influence
Charles Dickens was a literary giant, second only to Shakespeare in the ranks of England's greatest writers. This extensive biographical collection looks at the man, his novels and his legacy to provide an all-round portrait of the much-loved author.
Michael Eaton's five-play cycle Dickens in London, starring Samuel Barnett, Alex Jennings and Antony Sher, explores Dickens' changing relationship with the city that fired his imagination. His numerous achievements are discussed in Great Lives: Charles Dickens (featuring Armando Iannucci and Humphrey Carpenter) and In Our Time: Dickens (featuring Melvyn Bragg and guests). Sam West reads from Dickens' letters in Words and Music: Dickens's World; Simon Watts tells how the author's 1842 visit to the US became a turning point in his career in Witness History: Dickens in America; Ian Gillan takes a tour of Dickens' old home in
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Almost 200 years ago, Charles Dickens wrote a story about a little boy who had nothing. The boy was called Oliver Twist. He had no parents and he lived in a place called a workhouse. Only poor people lived in workhouses. It was a hard life.
Dickens’ stories tell us what life was like all those years ago and he is one of the most famous writers in the English language.
Charles Dickens lived in the 1800s, the Victorian age.
Life could be hard for children then. Many had to go out to work.
At 12, Dickens han själv left school to work in a factory putting labels on pots. His dad had been sent to prison for not paying his bills, so the ung Dickens worked to look after his family.
He eventually returned to school but never forgot how hard life was for poor people.
When he grew up, Dickens became a reporter and wrote for newspapers.
He also wrote stories from his own imagination, called novels.
His novels, like Oliver Twist, were often about the lives of poor people, their crowde
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Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Illustration of Charles Dickens ©Charles Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classic English literature. He was the quintessential Victorian author. His epic stories, vivid characters and exhaustive depiction of contemporary life are unforgettable.
His own story is one of rags to riches. He was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. The good fortune of being sent to school at the age of nine was short-lived because his father, inspiration for the character of Mr Micawber in 'David Copperfield', was imprisoned for bad debt. The entire family, apart from Charles, were sent to Marshalsea along with their patriarch. Charles was sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling conditions as well as loneliness and despair. After three years he was returned to school, but the experience was never forgotten and became fictionalised in two of his better-known novels 'David Copperfield' and '