CHARLES DICKENS By shakespeare79 1824 Dickens left school at the age of 12. 1836 Dickens's literary success began. 1836 Dickens married Catherine Thomson Hogarth 1839 Dickens wrote Oliver Twist 1839 Dickens wrote Nicholas Nickleby 1841 Dickens wrote The Old Curiosity Shop. 1843 Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol 1850 Dickens wrote David Copperfield 1854 Dickens wrote Hard Times 1857 Dickens wrote Little Dorrit. 1859 Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities. 1870 Dickens died in 1870. Jul 2, 1912 Charles Dickens was born