Introduction on Charles Dickens :: English Literature

Introduction on Charles demonHe was born in 1812, his family were very brusque, his father who was aclerk in the Royal navy base in Portsmouth, when he was five yearsold his family move to Chatham which at the time was a big Dockyard.At the age of clubhouse he moved again provided this time it was to capital of the United Kingdom,because his family were so poor they could not afford to send Charlesto school so he taught himself.Charles started excogitate at the age of 11 in a blacking grind helped andtaught what to do by a friend named Bob Fagin (who is in Oliver number). As a pass on of being so poor his father went to debtorsprison, because his produce could not afford things she joined himgoing to prison the bailiffs took absent every(prenominal) there possessions.His Grandmother died and left money to the family and as a result ofthis they got out of prison. Charles then went to school as a day male childin Hampstead where he had a cane happy headmaster called Mr Jon es.Charles then got an office joke for newspapers and magazines doing newsreports from parliament and Law courts, soon after he started themeshort stories for magazines, he then died in 1870 at an age of 58.Oliver Twist was written in 1839 by Charles Dickens and was publishedin monthly issues in magazines and newspapers. The first time OliverTwist was made into a hold was in 1850 this was when Charles Dickenswas thirty - eight years old. This book was based on his history andabout the poor who lived in London. Some characters in the book arefrom his history such as Fagin who was his old childishness friend or Mr.Bumble who was Dickens Headmaster.The BookOliver Twist is an divest who was born in a workhouse. After anunhappy apprenticeship, Oliver runs away to London where he falls inwith thieves, headed by Fagin a villainous Jew . Mr Brownlow rescueshim but the gang kidnaps him back. Oliver discovers the identity ofhis parents. The gang that Fagin runs are exposed.This would be s imilar to the workhouse Oliver would obtain spent 10years of his life in.Chapter VIIIWe learn a lot about the way people lived then from the way Dickensdescribed it. In chapter eight Oliver runs away from the workhouse andfrom Mr Sowerberry and heads off to London.As Oliver walked away from the workhouse he was hiding behind thehedges because the fear of him being pursued had overtaken. He sawing machine a