![]() He began "Oliver Twist" in 1837, followed by "Nicholas Nickleby" (1838-9) and "The Old Curiosity Shop" (1840-41). Part of the secret of his success was the method of cheap serial publication which Dickens used for all of his novels. He received little formal education, but taught himself shorthand and became a reporter of parliamentary debates for the "Morning Chronicle." He began to publish sketches in various periodicals, which were subsequently republishes as "Sketches by Boz." "The Pickwick Papers" was published in 1836-7 and after a slow start became a publishing phenomenon and Dickens's characters the centre of a popular cult. Dickens's childhood experiences were similar to those depicted in "David Copperfield." His father, who was a government clerk, was imprisoned for debt and Dickens was briefly sent to work in a blacking warehouse at the age of twelve. CHARLES DICKENS was born at Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, the second of eight children. ![]()
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