Charles Dickens, the greatest writer and novelist was born on the 7th of February, 1812 at Portsea, England. He was the second child of six children in a family and was the eldest among the sons. After he was born they had to move because of their money problems.
When Charles was twelve, his father was thrown into a debtors prison. He left school for a while and went to work in a warehouse. At twenty, Dickens began to work as a reporter. He reported law cases and Parliamentary debates. Then he also began writing short stories for magazines.
The best loved and most appreciated Dickens' works are Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield. Charles Dickens died in 1870. He was fifty-eight, at the time of his death. The great Tolstoy once said Dickens was a genius born once in a hundred years.
"No one is useless in the this world, who lightens the burdens of another"
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