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Charles Dickens
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9th Grade
11/19/2009

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what was Charles Dickens life span?
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1812-1870
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he was a social ____ ?
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social reformer
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his father went to _____
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Debters prison
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when was his father sent to debters prison? and who came with him?
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1824, his family
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while his father was in prison what did Charles do and where did he sleep?
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he got a job and slept under the counter
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how did the family get out of prison?
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they inherited money
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what two jobs did Dickens hold before becoming a writer?
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law clerk, court reporter
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what was his pen name?
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Boz
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how many novels did he write?
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16
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what was the first novel he published?
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Pic Wic papers
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what book did he write 1837-1838?
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Oliver Twist
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what did he do 1842
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goes on a lecture tour across the U.S.
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1844?
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goes back to England to publish Christmas Story
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1849?
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David Copperfield is published
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1859?
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Tale of two cities
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1860-1861
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Great Expectations
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