The Life of Charles Dickens

• Timeline of Events in the life of Charles Dickens
   
• What We Can Learn from the Life of Charles Dickens - From a very early age Charles Dickens knew he wanted to be gentleman. Unfortunately the odds weren't in his favor.
   
• The Childhood of Charles Dickens -  Did you know that Charles Dickens worked in a shoe-polish factory when he was a child?
   
• His Friends - Ellen Ternan, Wilkie Collins, John Forster and more.
   
• Law Clerk to Journalist - Learn about the careers that Dickens had before he became an author.
   
• Maria Beadnell - Read about the first love of Charles Dickens and find out what characters she inspired in his writing.
   
• His Marriage - Did you know that in 1858 Charles Dickens and his wife were legally separated?
   
• Gad's Hill Place - When he was a boy Charles Dickens and his father took a walk through Kent. On Gravesend Road they passed a house called Gad's Hill Place. 
   
• Mesmerism  - Learn how Dickens studied and practiced mesmerism.
   
• Bonfire at Gad's Hill Place - In September of 1860, behind his home at Gad's Hill Place, Charles Dickens tried to cover his tracks.
   
• The Staplehurst Railway Accident - In 1865 Dickens narrowly escaped death in the Staplehurst railway accident.
   
• The Children of Charles Dickens - Learn about the ten children of Charles Dickens
   
• Inspector Francis J. Dickens -  Learn about the son of Charles Dickens that joined Canada's Northwest Mounted Police