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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England.
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They moved out to Cathan, Kent.
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They moved to Camden Town, a poor neighbourhood in London.
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Charles' father, John Dickens is sent to prison for debt.
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Charles left school after his father went to prison. He worked at a boot-blacking factory to gain some money and support his family economically.
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John Dickens received a family inheritance, which he used to pay off his debts. When Charles turned 15 years old, he had to leave school once again to work as an office boy to help his family's financial problems. That job was like a starting point for his writer career.
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A few years after that, he began working for two major London newspaper.
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He began submitting sketches under the pseudonym "Boz".
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His clippings were released published in his first book, "Sketches by Boz".
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Charles had his first child, one of his ten that he would have.
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Charles and his wife take a tour around America.
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A Christmas Carol was such a hit, that the first 6000 printings of it were sold out a few days later.
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He died at age 58 on June 9 1870, in his home country, Kent, England. Charles died by suffering a stroke. At the time of his death, his final novel, "The mystery of Edwin Wood", was unfinished.