Heralded as one of the best—if not the best—novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens longed for fame from an early age. And, after a difficult childhood beset by financial troubles ...

After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private ... Bleak House and Hard Times. He also kept Catherine busy with their 10 children.

It was a hard life. Dickens’ stories tell us what life was like all those years ago and he is one of the most famous writers in the English language. Charles Dickens lived in the 1800s ...