Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens was born on February, 7th in 1812
in the town of Portsmouth in England. He was a
weak child and did not like playing active games,
but he was clever.
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He learnt to read at an early age and read many
books in his childhood. When he was about six he
was taken to the theatre for the first time.
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He saw the play by Shakespeare and liked it so
much that he decided to write a play himself. He
wrote the play and showed it with his friends.
When Charles was nine, his family went to London.
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The life of family was hard, because there were
many children in it and his parents were
poor.His father was taken into prison for debts
and Charles couldnt go to school.
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Unscramble these words.

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• Eatcivelrecv
• Odohichld
• Apyl
• asptern

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Match the opposites.
stupid
active
late
town
strong
few
hard
enemy
poor
weak
clever
friend
city
easy
early
rich
many
passive
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Those were the unhappy days in all Charles life.
At the age of ten he had to start working. The
boy worked all day from the early morning till
night to help his family.
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He went to school later when his father was free
again. At the age of 15 he began to work as a
clerk. He spent all his free time reading in the
British Museum and in this way he ha got
education himself.
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Some years later he became a newspaper reporter,
in 1863 Dickens published his first book in the
same year he began publishing his Pickwick
papers that brought him universal fame and after
that Charles became the most popular writer on
that time.
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He wrote such well-known works as Oliver
Twist, David Copperfield, Hard Times and
others. His work showed his love and sympathies
for ordinary people. The great English writer
died in 1870 at the age of 58.
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Answer the questions.

1. Did you read any of Charles Dickens book?
2. What is your attitude to this writer?
3. How do you find Charles Dickens childhood/
4. How did the boy feel when his father was
   imprisoned?
5. Is Charles dickens a great writer for you? Why?