Charles Dickens. Chronology: Life
and Works
1812: Born on Friday, 7 November, in Portsmouth [E2]
[F1]
[S1].
1814: Moves to London with his family
1824: His father – a clerk in the navy – is arrested for debt and Charles Dickens begins to work at Warren’s Blacking factory
1829: Becomes a journalist
1833: His first story – Dinner at Poplar Walk – is published on the Monthly Magazine
1836: Marries Catherine Hogarth
Publishes Sketches by Boz (his pseudonym)
1837: becomes father of
Charles junior; Finishes The Pickwick Papers; begins
Oliver Twist;
1838: Begins Nicholas Nickleby
1841: Finishes The Old Curiosity Shop
1843: Begins Martin Chuzzlewit; publishes A Christams Carol
1846: Begins Dombey and Son
1850: Finishes David Copperfield
1853: Finishes Bleak House
1857: Finishes Little Dorrit
1861: Finishes Great Expectations
1867: Begins to give public readings in England, Scotland,
Ireland and America
1870: Suffers a stroke and dies on June 9 (buried at
Westminster Abbey).
