2. Video Session A Brief Account of His Life

3. Answer the Following Questions When was Charles Dickens born? What are his parents´ names? When did Charles Dickens´ family move to London? How old was Charles Dickens when he had to start working? 7th February 1812 John and Elizabeth Dickens 1822 12

4. Where did he start working and what did he do there? How many hours a day did he have to work? Charles Dickens´ father was sent to prison for his debts, how often did Charles Dickens visit him in prison? When did Charles Dickens start working as a solicitors´ clerk? At a blacking factory – Labelled bottles 11 Every Sunday 1827

5. When did he begin a journalistic career? What was his passion at that time? When was his first piece of fiction published? When did he get married to Catherine Hogarth? What kind of a pet did Dickens have? 1831 Writing 1835 A pet raven

6. When did Charles Dickens together with his wife set sail for America? Where did they land? What was his next big trip after America, and when did he go? What did he finally buy at the age of 44 that his father had shown him before? 1842 Boston A trip to Italy – 1844 in summer A mansion house or stately home

7. Who did Dickens meet while organising a theatrical project? What happened to his marriage? What happened to Dickens and Ellen Ternan in 1865 when they were returning from Paris on a train? What did Dickens administer the injured and dying? A young actress called Ellen Ternan It broke up A train crash – the train chrashed Brandy and water

8. What did he almost forget to retrieve at the last minute from the wrecked carriage? When(date) and where did Dickens die and how old was he? Where is he buried? A copy of the final part of one of his books: “Our Mutual Friend” Wednesday 9th June 1870 - 58 Westminster Abbey