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Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation, but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.

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	Bleak House by Charles Dickens from Penguin Putnam for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $13.00
	Brit. Lit. Volume 6 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens from Logos School for 10th-12th grade in Logos Brit. Lit. (Location: LITCUR-LOG) $20.00
	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Revised from Penguin Classics for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $10.00
	David Copperfield (adapted) by Charles Dickens; retold by Clare West from Oxford University for 3rd-6th grade in Adapted or Abridged (Location: SER-ABR) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens from Dover Publications Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00
	Hard Times by Charles Dickens from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Hard Times by Charles Dickens Reissue from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.00
	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens from Penguin Putnam for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $13.00
	Nicholas Nickleby Wordsworth Classics by Charles Dickens from Wordsworth Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $10.00
	Old Curiosity Shop Penguin Classics by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $13.00
	Oliver Twist Penguin Classics by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.00
	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens from Oxford University Realistic Fiction for 7th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95
	Our Mutual Friend Penguin Classics by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $13.00
	Pickwick Papers Penguin Classics by Charles Dickens Reissue from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.00 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens from Vintage Classics Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $12.00

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