office boy for an attorney. In 1829 he became
a reporter at Doctor's Commons Courts. By 1832 he became a shorthand reporter of Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons and a reporter for a newspaper and adopted his famous name “Boz”. He was also hired to write short texts called The Pickwick Papers, which had an enormous success.In 1837 he started writing Oliver Twist and it continued in monthly parts through April of 1839. In 1838 he began Nicholas Nickleby. In July of 1844, A Christmas Carol was published and proved to be another successful work.
Gradually his health worsened and in 1869 he experienced a mild stroke. He began working on the Mystery of Edwin Drood. On June 8, 1870he suffered another stroke and died the next day. He was buried at Westminster Abbey.
Charles Dickens, the greatest representative of English critical realism, was born on February 7, 1812 in Portse, England. His father was a Navy Pay clerk and was horrible at handling finances. At the age of 12, Dickens was sent to work at the Warrens Blacking Factory, where he hated working.
