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1、Who is Charles Dickens?,Charles Dickens is a famous British author from the Victorian era.He is most famous for writing Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol but he also wrote many other classic novels.,Charles Dickens Early Years,Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth,Hampshire,on 7th Febr
2、uary 1812.He had seven brothers and sisters.His father,John,was a clerk in the Navy and his mother,Elizabeth,wanted to be a teacher.Despite their dreams,the Dickens family never had much money.,Charles Dickens Early Years,Dickens began school at the age of nine but unfortunately he was not able to s
3、tay there long.In 1822,the family moved to London and they struggled for money.Charles father was sent to the debtors prison for failing to pay his bills to the butcher and the baker.Charles started working at a factory putting labels on jars of blacking(used for polishing boots).He was very unhappy
4、 but he still managed to visit his father every Sunday in the prison.,Did You Know?-Life in London,In the Victorian era,London was a crowded city.Thousands of poor people lived in slums and homeless children slept on the streets.Diseases were common and often deadly,especially for children.In the 18
5、30s,nearly half of London funerals were for children who had died before their tenth birthday.Until 1829,London did not have a police force.It could be a dangerous place and,if they got into trouble,even young children were sent to prison.,Charles Dickens The Writer,In 1828,Charles began his writing
6、 career as a journalist for a newspaper.He married Catherine Hogarth in 1836 and soon afterwards his stories started to become popular.The Pickwick Papers,a funny set of stories,were published weekly in the newspaper.,Charles Dickens The Writer,In 1837,the first instalment of Oliver Twist,a story th
7、at became one of Dickens most famous,was published.Oliver Twist is a story about an orphan boy who runs away to London and becomes involved with a gang of thieves.Dickens wrote many more famous novels during his life,such as A Christmas Carol,David Copperfield and Great Expectations.,Famous Dickens
8、Quotes,Charles Dickens created many words and phrases we still use today.Can you guess the meaning?,Scrooge,Click here to find out,Famous Dickens Quotes,Scrooge-a mean,miserable person,Famous Dickens Quotes,Can you guess the meaning?,treated like a doormat,Click here to find out,Famous Dickens Quote
9、s,treated like a doormat treated badly,Famous Dickens Quotes,Guess the meaning?,Bah humbug!,Click here to find out,Famous Dickens Quotes,Bah humbug an expression of irritation or disgust,Famous Dickens Quotes,Can you guess the meaning?,Working round the clock,Click here to find out,Famous Dickens Qu
10、otes,working round the clock working all day and night,Famous Dickens Quotes,Can you guess the meaning?,Fagin,Click here to find out,Famous Dickens Quotes,Fagin a crook or villain,Charles Dickens The Writer,Inspiration for WritingDickens liked to walk around London,observing the goings-on in the cit
11、y.The inspiration for his characters came from the people he met on his travels.For example,the boys who bullied him at his first job were called Bill and Fagin.They became the characters in Oliver Twist.,Charles Dickens Later Life,Charles and his wife Catherine had ten children but unfortunately,th
12、eir marriage did not last.In 1864,Charles Dickens was involved in a train crash.Although he survived,he never quite got back to full health.On 9th June 1870,he died at his home in Kent.He left his final novel,The Mystery of Edwin Drood,unfinished.He is such a famous Briton that his picture has appea
13、red on a 10 note.His book A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies.,Biography,Your task is to write a biography about Charles Dickens.A biography is a story about a real persons life written by someone else.,Task One,Use the Charles Dickens research map to collect further information ab
14、out the important events in Charles Dickens life.,Challenge:Which Dickens novel is based on his own life?Did Dickens ever meet Queen Victoria?If so,when and where did they meet?What is Gads Hill Place and why is it important?,Task Two,You might like to use these headings:Childhood/Early Life-where a
15、nd when was he born,his family life,school and first jobThe Writer-some of the books he wrote and the inspiration for his storiesLater Life-his children,the train accident,his final novel and his deathLegacy-his quotes,Dickensian language we still use today,his face on the 10 note,the amount of books sold,Use your research notes to write a biography about Charles Dickens.,
