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when was dickens born
1812
where was dickens born
Portsmouth
how many siblings did he have
7 siblings, one one 8
where did he move when he was 4
Chatham in Ken
what year were they forced to move back to London and how old was he
1822, when he was 10
where did his father work
naval pay clerk
what year was he removed from school and how old was he
1824, he was 12
how long did he have to work per day
10 hours
where did he work
boot blackening factory
where was his father sent in 1824
Marshalsea debtors prison
when his father was sent to prison where was dickens sent
a lodge with a family friend in Camden
what was his first job
junior clerk for a firm of lawyers
what job did he seek
journalist
what did he start reporting
law cases then moved on to covering parliamentary debates
what was his first novel
Pickwick papers
