Charles John Hoffman Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England on February 7th, 1812. He was the second child out of eight. He was taught to read by his mother, and sent to day school from the ages of nine to twelve. He was very smart, and even made up a secret sort of mimic language for himself and his friends. He read every thing he could find, which was mostly a small collection of cheap reprints …showed first 75 words of 1834 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1834 total…what real terms of human benefits they would create. He did not like self-righteousness or cruelty. Charles Dickens left behind him a large family and a large estate. To his wife he left an annuity of L300, His sister-in-law received L8000 and L1000 to his daughter. The rest of the estate of L93, 000 was divide between the rest of the children. The eldest son, Charles Jr. continued in publication. A son Francis, became a policeman.