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Born to John and Elizabeth Dickens.
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John Dickens arrested and sent to the Marshalsea prison. Charles Dickens worked at the Warren's Blacking Factory.
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Rejoins the workforce as the clerk of an attorney.
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Dickens meets Maria Beadnell, his first love interest.
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The relationship with Maria Beadnell ends
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A Dinner at Poplar Walk is published
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Began using the pseudonym "Boz".
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Meets his future wife, Catherine Hogarth.
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Becomes engaged to Catherine.
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Marries Catherine Hogarth.
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The first chapters of The Pickwick Papers are published.
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The first of his 10 children, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, is born.
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Mary Hogarth, Catherine's sister, dies.
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The publication of Oliver Twist begins.
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Dickens and Hablot Browne travel to Yorkshire to see the boarding schools.
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His daughter, Mary, is born.
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Publication of Nicholas Nickleby begins.
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His daughter, Kate, is born.
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Publication of The Old Curiosity Shop begins
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Barnaby Rudge is published.
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Charles and Catherine tour Scotland.
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Their son, Walter, is born.
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Charles and Catherine travel to America.
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Dickens begins work on Martin Chuzzlewit.
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A Christmas Carol is published.
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His son Francis Jeffrey (Frank) is born.
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Dickens and family travel to Italy. Treated Madame de la Rue with mesmerism.
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Another son, Alfred, is born.
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Dickens and his family travel to Switzerland.
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Publication of Dombey and Son begins.
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His son, Sydney, is born.
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Dickens' sister, Fanny, dies.
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The Haunted Man, his last Christmas book is published.
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His son, Henry Fielding Dickens, is born.
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The publication of David Copperfield begins.
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His daughter, Dora Annie Dickens, is born.
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Catherine Dickens suffers a nervous collapse.
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John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, dies.
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Dora Dickens dies when she is only eight months old.
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The publication of Bleak House begins.
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His son, Edward or "Plorn", is born.
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Dickens gives his first public reading of one of his works.
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Hard Times is published.
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Dickens has a disappointing reunion with first love Maria Winter (Maria Beadnell).
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Publication of Little Dorrit begins.
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Dickens works with Wilkie Collins on The Frozen Deep
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Dickens purchases Gad's Hill Place
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Hans Christian Anderson is entertained at Gad's Hill Place
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Dickens meets Ellen Ternan
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Dickens separates from Catherine, his wife.
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A Tale of Two Cities is published
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Publication of Great Expectations begins in All the Year Round
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Daughter, Katie, marries
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Brother Alfred dies
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Dickens burns his personal papers
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Dickens' mother, Elizabeth, dies
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Dickens begins work on Our Mutual Friend
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Dickens' son, Walter, dies in India
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The first installment of Our Mutual Friend is printed
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Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst railway accident along with Ellen Ternan and her mother
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Dickens tours America for the second time
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Dickens gives his first Murder of Nancy reading
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Dickens collapses and is ordered by doctors to discontinue readings
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Dickens begins writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Dickens gives his final public reading
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Publication of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins
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Charles Dickens dies at Gad's Hill Place on June 9
