is characters speech realistically. It also increased has ability to observe and to write swiftly and clearly. Dickens s first book, Sketches by Boz (1836) , consisted of articles he wrote for the Monthly Magazine and the London Evening Chronicle. These descriptions, fictional portraits, and short stories surveyed manners and conditions of the time.life.unhappiness marred Dickens public success. In 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth. Catherine had a sister Mary, who died in 1837. Dickens greif at Mary s death has led some scholars to believe that he loved Mary more than his wife. Catherine was a good woman but lacked great intelligence. She and Dickens had 10 children. The couple separated in 1858.had remarkable mental and physical energy. He recorded his activities in thousands of letters, many of which make delightful reading. He spent much of his crowded social life with friends from the worlds of art and literature. Dickens enjoyed drama and went to the theater as often as he could. When he was rich and famous, he made a hobby of producing and acting in amateur theatrical productions. He had great success giving public readings of his works. Dickens gift for Creating dramatic scenes in his novels can be traced to his love for the theater., Writing, editing, and touring as a dramatic reader, Dickens busied himself with various charities. These charities included schools for poor children and a loan society to enable the poor to move to Australia. Dickens often walked for hours to work off his remaining energy. He came to know the streets and alleys of London better, perhaps, than any other person of his time. health began to decline about 1865 and he died of a stroke on June 9, 1870.
Charles Dickens career.success.won his first literary fame with The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club . Published in monthly parts in 1836 and 1837, the book describes the humorous adventures and misadventures of a group of slightly eccentric characters in London and the English country side. After a slow start, The Pickwick Papers - as the book is usually called-gained a popularity seldom matched in the history of literature . At 24, Dickens suddenly found himself famous. He remained so until his death.founded and edited two highly successful weekly magazines. He edited Household Words from 1850 to 1859 to his death. As a public figure, Dickens was constantly in the news, and was recognized and honored wherever he went. He was famous in America as well as in Britain, and he toured the United States in 1842 and in 1867 and 1868.
