Charles John Huffam Dickens born on February 7 1812 in Landport, England, and he grew up in tough, working-class conditions. At age 12, after his father was thrown into a debtors’ prison, he was forced to work at a blacking factory. This experience later influenced many of his famous novels, including Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations. He Started his career as a journalist, Dickens eventually started writing literary prose, which was published in monthly installments before being released as books. His realistic portray of England’s lower-class life made him one of the greatest Victorian novelists and one of the most recognizable names in literature. Dickens was also a philanthropist; together with Angela Burdett Coutts he founded the Urania Cottage, a home for “fallen” women, helping them learn to read and write.
He was an English novelist, considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a greater popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he is still popular, being responsible for some of English literature's most important novels and characters. Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. This practice gave his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by cliffhangers to keep the public looking forward to the next installment. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. The greatest English novelist of the Victorian era, Dickens was also a vigorous social campaigner. With his rich storytelling and his ability to create powerful and memorable characters, he is one of the English language's greatest writers. Happily, Dickens achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime and not one of his short stories or novels has ever been out of print. Dickens died from the consequences of a stroke in his home on June 8, 1870.
The bicentenary of Charles Dickens's birth on 7 February 2012, celebrated under the Dickens 2012 banner will be taking take place all over the world from Australia to Zurich. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Charles Dickens Museum on the morning of the bicentenary. Their Royal Highnesses will see some of the world’s finest Dickens-related collections in the only surviving London home of Dickens. A special programme has been put together for the Royal visitors, including a private reading by Emmy-award winning actress Gillian Anderson who played Miss Havisham in the BBC’s recent adaptation of 'Great Expectations'. This is the first Royal visit to the Museum since 1957 and marks the commencement of the Museum's bicentenary redevelopment programme for 2012. The Museum will open to the public at 12noon and will celebrate Dickens’s bicentenary with a birthday cake and free cupcakes for the first 200 visitors.
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