Charles Dickens Background

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Charles Dickens Background:

Watch the short animation at http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml (The link is also on my website.) Answer the following questions. It is very short so you may have to watch it twice to get all the answers.

1. When was Charles Dickens born?

2. How many siblings did he have? ____ How many survived to adulthood? ______

3. When did the family move to London?

4. Was his family rich or poor?

5. Where did Dickens first work and at what age? How many hours a day?

6. What happened to Dicken’s father?

7. How did Dickens begin his writing career?

8. When was his first piece of fiction published?

9. What rumors were spread about Dickens and why?

10. What countries did Dickens visit with his family?

11. What did he buy when he was 44 and what did it symbolize?

12. How old was Charles Dickens when he died?