Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, and spent the first nine years of his life living in the coastal regions of Kent, a county in southeast England. Dickens's father, John a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, was a kind and likable man, but he was incompetent with money and piled up tremendous debts throughout his life. When Dickens was nine, his family moved to London. When he was twelve, his father was arrested and …showed first 75 words of 908 total…

…showed last 75 words of 908 total…Dickens and Ellen Ternan, returning from a Paris holiday, were badly shaken up in a railway accident in which a number of people were injured. Dickens published extensively and was considered a literary celebrity until his death in 1870. There are many correlations that can be drawn between Dickens life and the novel Great expectations, such as his experience of poverty, his different encounters with many women in his life, and his relationship with his family.