Charles Dickens Charles John Huffman Dickens was born in Portsmouth on Feb. 7,1812. He moved with his family to London when he was about 2 years old. Many events and people in his books were based on events and people in his life. He was the son of a clerk who was imprisoned for debt. Even when his father was free, there was not enough money to support the family adequately. So Charles was taken out of …showed first 75 words of 668 total…

…showed last 75 words of 668 total…records of his time. Most of his novels were published in sections. Some of the books he wrote include: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnby Rudge, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, David Copperfield, Bleak House; Hard times, little Dorritt, and A Tale of Two Cities. Nicholas Nickleby was adapted for film in 1947, The Pickwick Papers in 1954, and Little Dorrit in 1988. A TV series of Nicholas Nickleby was produced in 1983.