he went to work in a factory
Charles Dickens went to work in a blacking warehouse when his family moved to Marshalsea debtor's prison. He worked to support himself, while his family was in the prison due to his father's debts. This experience heavily influenced his writings and fueled his desire for social reform.
Charles Dickens went to live and work at Warren's Blacking Warehouse while the rest of his family moved to Marshalsea debtor's prison. He worked long hours pasting labels on pots of boot blacking, an experience that deeply affected him and influenced his writing in later years.
Charles Dickens was 12 when they moved to London
The Dickens family moved to Chatham, Kent in 1816. Young Charles Dickens was four years old at that time.
Charles Dickens had to move to London, England because his family moved there. Charles Dickens was only ten years old when the entire family moved to London, England in 1822.
yes Charles dickens was born in Portsmouth and you can visit his birthplace there today.
he was 18
Dickens's early years began in Chatham, where he was a pupil at a dame-school -- a deficient private establishment with an unqualified woman at its head. Then in 1821 he moved on to the Rev. William Giles's School, where his experiences were more positive. He parted with Giles in 1822, when the Dickens family transferred to London, and in 1824, when they moved into the Marshalsea. In 1824 his father was imprisended for a debt. The family except Charles were allowed to go to prosion with him. Charles went to work in a "Shoe Blacking" company until 1825. His formal schooling resumed in 1825, when he was sent to Wellington House Classical and Commercial Academy, Dickens left in 1827 He then became a Law clerk, with Ellis and Blackmore (1827-1828)
They moved to Chatham in Kent, where Dickens spent the happiest years of his life.
his mother was a prostitute
When Charles Dickens was a child he enjoyed being outside and reading.When he was 12 his father went to jail because he was in dept so Charles worked inWarren's boot- blacking factory for the white.
Charles Dickens lived in three different places as a boy: Portsmouth, where he was born; Chatham, where his family moved when he was young; and London, where he settled as a teenager after his father was sent to debtors' prison.