Charles Dickens

“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes” quoted by Charles Dickens (Charles Dickens Quotes 1). This quote came from a famous writer whom we know as Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens was a great novelist and a positive mentor. Most of his life was dedicated to his writings; he wrote journals, novels, and he made speeches while growing up. His writings significantly changed when his family went to prison for being in debt. At the time there were a lot of problems going on in England which led him to writing diverse novels including: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Bleak House. He not only helped England by bringing their social problems to attention but he also made a huge impact on people’s life in the 1800s. Charles Dickens portrays the social problems in England through his characters and settings revealing his own life as a poor child.

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens. His father was a clerk in the Naval Pay Office. He had a poor head for finances, and in 1824 Dickens’s father went to prison for debt (Cody 1). Dickens came from a poor family. He did not have much especially when his father was always in jail. He had to go to work at Warren’s Blacking Factory at the age of twelve due to the circumstance that his whole family was imprisoned (Cody 1). Charles Dickens was born into a middle class family in Chatham, England being the eldest of all the children. He was always blissful when he was a child, but as he got elder more things started happening. The problems his family had altered the way he looked at certain situations. According to the research, the writings of Charles Dickens were exceedingly influenced by his own exp...

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...1st Century. Film directors have made his famous novel, A Christmas Carol, into a Disney movie starring Mickey Mouse and they also made one starring Jim Carey. That shows you that Charles Dickens did make an appeal in the 21st Century and that he will continue to make an appeal later on in the years.

Charles Dickens, the man of hard work and great expectations, was a tremendous novelist and an affirmative mentor. He had a poor childhood, an irksome teenage life, and a superlative adult life. The novels he wrote is what makes him who is today. He is known for bringing England’s public problems to attention. He is known for the powerful messages that he gave. Charles Dickens, the man of greatest, is known internationally today. Dickens did a good job portraying the social problems in England by revealing his character. He will forever be known by his legendary legacy.