Who is Charles Dickens?

Charles Dickens was, and still is, one of the most famous and respected writers of our time. Born in 1812, he had painful childhood memories, which some say is what lead him to write some of his most famous stories such as Great Expectations, Bleak House, and A Tale of Two Cities.

At the age of 22, he joined a London newspaper, which helped him for his journalism career.

Then, 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth. They had 10 kids, but soon seperated in 1858. After this, he worked relentlessly at creating characters in a "shakespear" type of way.

Now, even after his death in 1870, his novels still provide the basis for many successful theatre and plays.

In my opinion, I think Charles Dickens was a creative writer, telling about how people lived in different times, though I think some of his novels would have been more interesting if he would have put a lot more personal experiences in his stories. Yes, of course he uses characters in a book, but I think you would connect to his stories a lot more of he said it was him who went through this. Maybe he should've written an autobiography, then I think a lot more people of his time and our time would understand what he meant through his writing.