The age in which Dickens lived and wrote was the Victorian Age, the reign of Queen Victoria, a time when modern Britain developed and evolved. Some of his well known novels are Oliver Twist (1837), David Copperfield (1849), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1861), & many others. In fact, many of his novels first appeared in serial form and were later published as novels. He began writing a humorous monthly serial, Pickwick Papers, which brought him fame and popularity. He began his writing career by writing short pieces for magazines, which appeared in a volume Sketches by Boz. He could never forget this period of disgust and loneliness in the factory, which is often reflected in his novels when he writes about childhood with compassionate understanding. Charles was full of shame and misery at his family’s condition, and hated his job in the factory where he had to undergo humiliation and ill-treatment. He was joined there by the rest of his family except Charles, who was sent to work in a blacking factory. Being short of money, the family moved to London, but John fell even more deeply into debt, and was sent to Marshalsea prison. Though he was a warm-hearted person, John Dickens had no sense of responsibility, and was often in debt. Born on 7 February 1812 in the south of England, Charles Dickens was the second of eight children in the family of John Dickens, a Navy clerk.
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