What did Charles Dickens teach himself to do?

Answer 1

While serving as a law clerk in the early 1830s, Dickens taught himself the very difficult method of shorthand in use at the time. It would be helpful to him when he later became a political journalist.

Answer 2

Charles Dickens taught himself shorthand, a method of writing quickly, in order to work as a court reporter at a young age. This skill greatly influenced his writing career and helped him efficiently write his novels.

Answer 3

He was not involved in the business world. He was a writer.

Answer 4

He was a genius writer.