![]() In April 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth, daughter of George Hogarth who edited 'Sketches by Boz'. With new contacts in the press he was able to publish a series of sketches under the pseudonym 'Boz'. Then in 1833 he became parliamentary journalist for The Morning Chronicle. His own father became a reporter and Charles began with the journals 'The Mirror of Parliament' and 'The True Sun'. Like many others, he began his literary career as a journalist. After three years he was returned to school, but the experience was never forgotten and became fictionalised in two of his better-known novels 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations'. Charles was sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling conditions as well as loneliness and despair. The entire family, apart from Charles, were sent to Marshalsea along with their patriarch. The good fortune of being sent to school at the age of nine was short-lived because his father, inspiration for the character of Mr Micawber in 'David Copperfield', was imprisoned for bad debt. He was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. His epic stories, vivid characters and exhaustive depiction of contemporary life are unforgettable. He was the quintessential Victorian author. © Charles Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classic English literature.
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