Charles John Huffam Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on 7 February 1812, at Landport in Portsea Island, the second of eight children to John Dickens (1785–1851) and Elizabeth Dickens (née Barrow; 1789–1863). His father was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office and was temporarily on duty in the district. Very soon after his birth the family moved to Norfolk Street, Bloomsbury, and then, when he was four, to Chatham, Kent, where he spent his formative years until the age of 11. His early years seem to have been idyllic, though he thought himself a "very small and not-over-particularly-taken-care-of boy".

1. Early years……………………………………………………………………..1-2
2. Journalism and early novels…………………………………………………...3-4
3. First visit to the United States………………………………………………....5-6
4. Philanthropy……………………………………………………………………..7
5. Religious views………………………………………………………………….7
6. Middle years…………………………………………………………………...8-9
7. Last years………………………………………………………………………...9
8. Literature……………………………………………………………………….10