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Timeline
of the Life of Charles Dickens
- 1812 - Born on February 7 to John and
Elizabeth Dickens.
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1824 - John Dickens arrested and sent to
the Marshalsea prison. Charles Dickens
worked at the Warren's Blacking Factory.
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1827 - Rejoins the workforce as the
clerk of an attorney.
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1830 - Dickens meets Maria
Beadnell, his first love
interest.
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1833 - The relationship with Maria Beadnell
ends. A Dinner at Poplar
Walk is published.
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1834 - Began using the pseudonym "Boz". Meets his future wife, Catherine
Hogarth.
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1835 - Becomes engaged to Catherine.
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1836 - The first chapters of
The Pickwick
Papers are published. Marries
Catherine Hogarth.
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1837 - The first of his 10 children,
Charles
Culliford Boz Dickens, is
born. Mary Hogarth, Catherine's sister, dies. The
publication of Oliver Twist begins.
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1838 - Dickens and Hablot
Browne travel to Yorkshire to see the boarding
schools. His daughter, Mary, is born. Publication of Nicholas Nickleby begins.
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1839 - His daughter, Kate, is born.
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1840 - Publication of The
Old Curiosity Shop begins
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1841 -
Barnaby Rudge is
published. Charles and Catherine tour Scotland.
Their son, Walter, is
born.
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1842 - Charles and Catherine travel to America.
Late in 1842 or early in the next year Dickens begins work
on Martin
Chuzzlewit.
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1843 - A Christmas Carol is published.
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1844 - His son Francis Jeffrey (Frank) is born. Dickens and family travel to Italy. Treated
Madame de la Rue with mesmerism.
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1845 - Another son, Alfred,
is born.
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1846 - Dickens and his family travel to
Switzerland. Publication of Dombey and Son
begins.
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1847 - His son, Sydney,
is born.
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1848 - Dickens' sister, Fanny, dies.
The
Haunted Man, his last Christmas book is published.
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1849 - His son, Henry Fielding Dickens, is born.
The publication of David Copperfield
begins.
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1850 - His daughter, Dora Annie Dickens, is
born.
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1851- Catherine Dickens suffers a nervous
collapse. John Dickens, the father of Charles
Dickens, dies. Dora
Dickens dies when she is only eight months old. What
Shall we have for Dinner?, a cookbook by Catherine
Dickens is published.
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1852 - The publication of Bleak House begins.
His son, Edward or
"Plorn", is born.
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1853 - Dickens gives his
first public reading of one of his works.
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1854 - Hard Times
is published.
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1855 - Dickens has a disappointing reunion with
Maria Winter (Maria
Beadnell). Publication of Little
Dorrit begins.
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1856 - Dickens works with Wilkie Collins on The
Frozen Deep. Dickens purchases Gad's Hill
Place.
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1857 - Hans Christian
Anderson is entertained at Gad's
Hill Place. Dickens meets Ellen
Ternan.
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1858 - Dickens separates from
Catherine, his
wife.
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1859 - A Tale of Two Cities
is published.
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1860 - Publication of Great Expectations
begins in All the Year
Round. His daughter, Katie, marries and ten
days later his brother, Alfred, dies. Dickens burns
his personal papers.
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1863 - Dickens' mother, Elizabeth, dies. Dickens begins work on Our
Mutual Friend.
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1864 - His son, Walter, dies in India. The first
installment of Our Mutual Friend is
printed.
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1865 - Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst
railway accident along with Ellen
Ternan and her mother.
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1867 - Dickens tours America for the second
time.
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1868 - He gives his first Murder of Nancy reading.
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1869 - Dickens is ordered by doctors to discontinue
readings. Dickens begins writing The Mystery of Edwin
Drood.
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1870 - Dickens gives his final public reading. Publication of
The Mystery of Edwin
Drood begins. Charles Dickens dies at Gad's Hill Place
on June 9.
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