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    1. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic in the Victorian era regarded as one of the greatest novelists. He created many famous fictional characters and his works enjoyed popularity during his lifetime and he is now considered a literary genius. 2. At age 20 in 1832, Dickens was energetic and self-confident. He enjoyed mimicry and entertainment and wanted fame. He prepared for a theatre audition but missed it due to a cold. He then began his career as a writer by submitting his first story to a magazine in 1833. 3. On his deathbed in 1870 after a stroke, Dickens left his estate of £80,000 to his colleague Forster, friend Georgina Hog

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    1. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic in the Victorian era regarded as one of the greatest novelists. He created many famous fictional characters and his works enjoyed popularity during his lifetime and he is now considered a literary genius. 2. At age 20 in 1832, Dickens was energetic and self-confident. He enjoyed mimicry and entertainment and wanted fame. He prepared for a theatre audition but missed it due to a cold. He then began his career as a writer by submitting his first story to a magazine in 1833. 3. On his deathbed in 1870 after a stroke, Dickens left his estate of £80,000 to his colleague Forster, friend Georgina Hog

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    1. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic in the Victorian era regarded as one of the greatest novelists. He created many famous fictional characters and his works enjoyed popularity during his lifetime and he is now considered a literary genius. 2. At age 20 in 1832, Dickens was energetic and self-confident. He enjoyed mimicry and entertainment and wanted fame. He prepared for a theatre audition but missed it due to a cold. He then began his career as a writer by submitting his first story to a magazine in 1833. 3. On his deathbed in 1870 after a stroke, Dickens left his estate of £80,000 to his colleague Forster, friend Georgina Hog

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    CHARLES DICKENS

    1. Dicken for our time


    Charles John Huffam Dickens  7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and
    social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is
    regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed
    unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars
    had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today
    2. Difficulties for modern readers
    3. Keep the reader guessing
    4. The influence of the demise

    5. Dicken’s early success


    In 1832, at the age of 20, Dickens was energetic and increasingly self-confident. He
    enjoyed mimicry and popular entertainment, lacked a clear, specific sense of what he
    wanted to become, and yet knew he wanted fame. Drawn to the theatre – he became an
    early member of the Garrick Club– he landed an acting audition at Covent Garden, where
    the manager George Bartley and the actor Charles Kemble were to see him. Dickens
    prepared meticulously and decided to imitate the comedian Charles Mathews, but
    ultimately he missed the audition because of a cold. Before another opportunity arose, he
    had set out on his career as a writer.
    In 1833, Dickens submitted his first story, "A Dinner at Poplar Walk", to the London
    periodical Monthly Magazine.

    6. Trying to protect his property


    On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work
    on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness and, the next day, he died at Gads Hill
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    Place. In his will, drafted more than a year before his death, Dickens left the care of his
    £80,000 estate (£8,143,500 in 2021) to his long-time colleague John Forster and his "best
    and truest friend" Georgina Hogarth who, along with Dickens's two sons, also received a
    tax-free sum of £8,000 (equivalent to £814,000 in 2021). Although Dickens and his wife
    had been separated for several years at the time of his death, he provided her with an
    annual income of £600 (£61,100 in 2021) and made her similar allowances in his will. He
    also bequeathed £19 19s (£2,000 in 2021) to each servant in his employment at the time of
    his death.
    7. Bring the books to life
    The have been some works made from Charles Dickens’ novels. One of them is GREAT
    EXPECTIATION – a film from Charles Dickens’ 13th Novel. This film is directed by Mike
    Newell and star actors Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, etc.

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