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Birth
Born at Landport, in Portsea, on February 7, 1812. He was the second of their eight children -
Moving to London
the Dickens family, due to finacial difficulties, moved toLondon in 1822. John Dickens was eventually imprisoned in the Marshalsea debtor's prison in London -
Working in a factory
Dickens was forced to leave school and began working ten-hour days at Warren's Blacking Warehouse, -
First story
In 1833, Dickens' first story, A Dinner at Poplar Walk was published in the London periodical, Monthly Magazine.