Charles Dickens
- Who was Charles Dickens? Charles Dickens was one of Britain’s most famous writers
- What did he write? He wrote stories about life in London where he lived
- What was London life like 150 years ago? 150 years ago London was a very unpleasant place
- When did poor children start working? Poor children started working when they were 6
- What happened if their parents died? If their parents died, children went to the workhouse
- What is a workhouse? A workhouse is a place where children worked 10 to 12 hours a day for little food and where many children died
- What was Dickens’ life like? Dickens’ life was very hard life
- What happened to his parents? His parents lost all their money so he started working at the age of 12
- How far was the factory where he worked from his house? The factory was 10 km from his house
- How much did he earn per week? He earned 30 p a week
- What did he do later? Later he became a journalist and he reported events in Parliament
- What did he write? He wrote parliamentary events in the morning and novels afternoon
- Did he earn a lot of money? No he didn’t. He didn’t earn a lot of money
- How many novels did he write? He wrote a lot of famous novels
- What are the titles of his novels? David Copperfield, Christmas Carrol and Great expectations
- What is “Oliver Twist”? Oliver Twist is the most famous novel by Charles Dickens
- What is the story about? It is about a boy’s life in the workhouse and in the streets of London
- When was Charles Dickens born and when did he die? Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and he died in 1870