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Born
Charles Dickens born in Portsmouth, England. -
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The Life and Works of Charles Dickens
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Moves to London
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Brother Dies
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Starts School
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Father to debtor's prison
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Starts Work
Begins working in shoe factory -
Back to School
Dickens' family can now afford to send him back to school. -
Father released from prison
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Eviction
Dickens' family evicted from London home. -
Law Work
Charles takes a job as a law clerk. -
Journalism Career Launched
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Actor
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/melodrama.htmDickens stars in and also stage-manages three amateur plays. -
Published!
Dickens' first piece of writing, the short story "A Dinner at Poplar Walk," appears anonymously in Old Monthly Magazine. -
Sketches by Boz
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The Pickwick Papers
Begins publication as serial novel. -
Marriage
Dickens marries Catherine Hogarth -
Oliver Twist
<a href='http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/oliver-twist-by-charles-dickens' > Begins publication as serial novel. -
Nicholas Nickleby
Novel begins publication. -
The Old Curiosity Shop
Begins novel in magazine called Master Humphrey's Clock. -
A Christmas Carrol
Published this year. -
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Published this year -
David Copperfield
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DicDavi.htmlStarts serializing David Copperfield. -
Bleak House
Dickens begins crafting Bleak House. -
Hard Times
Serialized in the magazine Household Words -
A Tale of Two Cities
First installment published. -
Editor of All The Year Round
Dickens becomes editor of the magazine. -
Great Expectations
First instalment published. -
Mother Dies
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Finished 'Our Mutual Friend'
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Death
Dickens died at the age of 58 after spending the day working on his novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
