Events in the Life of Charles Dickens
Stephen Rost, a writer from Mesquite, Texas, is the editor of eight volumes in the Christian Classics Series (Nelson, 1988–9).
July 1, 1990
1812: Birth at Landport, Portsea, on February 7, 1812. 1824: Father, John Dickens, imprisoned for debt. 1836: Writes Sunday Under Three Heads. Begins Pickwick Papers. Marries Catherine Hogarth on April 2. 1837: First child, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, born. 1838: Oliver Twist published in three volumes. 1842: First visit to the United States. 1843: A Christmas Carol published; it immediately sells 6,000 copies. 1849: Writes The Life of Our Lord for his children; publication delayed at his request until 1934. 1850: David Copperfield published. Dickens starts his own magazine, Household Words. 1852: Tenth and final child, Edward Dickens, born. 1853: First public reading of A Christmas Carol. 1858: Separated from his wife. 1859: A Tale of Two Cities published. 1861: Great Expectations published. 1869: Begins work on his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 1870: Dies from a seizure June 9, leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished. Buried in Poets’ Comer, Westminster Abbey.
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