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Charles Dickens

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Master of Victorian Storytelling
Publication of A Christmas Carol
Travels Through Canada and the United States
The Old Curiosity Shop Published
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty
Master Humphrey's Clock
Resigns as Editor of Bentley's Miscellany
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Oliver Twist Serial Publication Begins
Dickens becomes editor of Bentley's Miscellany
Publication of The Pickwick Papers
First Series of Sketches by Boz Published
Engagement to Catherine Hogarth Announced
Early Career of Boz as a Reporter
Dickens' First Story Submission
First Story Published
Dickens Meets First Love Maria Beadnell
Office boy for an attorney in Gray’s Inn, London
Dickens Leaves Wellington House Academy
John Dickens Imprisoned in Marshalsea
Attends day school in Hampstead Road, London.
Separated from family and put to work at Warren's Blacking Factory at Hungerford Market
Family Visits and Lodging in Camden Town
Admiralty Reforms Impact Family's Stability
Father transferred to Chatham with family
Father transferred to London with family
The birth of Charles Dickens
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