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- NAME: Charles Dickens
- OCCUPATION: Author
- BIRTH DATE: February 07, 1812
- DEATH DATE: June 09, 1870
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
- PLACE OF DEATH: Higham, Kent, United Kingdom
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Charles Dickens was the well-loved and prolific British author of numerous works that are now considered classics.
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Charles Dickens - Full Episode (46:55)
Charles Dickens - A Dickensian Childhood
Learn about Charles Dickens' youth and this great novelist of the Victorian Era's family struggles with debt prison.
Charles Dickens - One Last Chance
Novelist Charles Dickens set out on public speaking tours of his most beloved work to both the United States and Great Britain in need of money but cost him his health.
Charles Dickens - The Installment Plan
Charles Dickens wrote stories for the masses but few could afford leather bound novels, so people read his serialized writings in monthly segments.
Charles Dickens - Full Episode
The full biography of Charles Dickens, the most popular novelist of the Victorian Era.
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