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Childhood and youth—Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, in the southern central coastal area of England, to John and Elizabeth Dickens.

By the time he was ten, his family had already moved twice and now resided in Camden, in North London. When Charles was twelve, his father landed in debtors’ prison for three months, owing to his inability to support his large family on his small income as a naval clerk.

He was followed soon afterwards by his wife and Charles’s three youngest siblings. Charles had to temporarily leave school to work in a boot-blacking factory.

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When his father was released after receiving an inheritance following his mother’s death, Charles returned to school, this time to the Wellington House Academy.

Early career—At fifteen, he worked as an administrative assistant for a lawyer.

By 1829, he had learned shorthand and begun working as a reporter, eventually establishing himself as a Parliamentary reporter (essent