Charles Dickens is one of the famous and greatest English writters. He was born near Portsmouth in the South of England on 7 of February of 1812. Charles Dickens' father worked in an office. John Dickens did not earn much money and the family could not pay their bills. When Charles Dickens was twelve years old, John Dickens and his family went to prison because they could not pay their bills. However, Charles did not go to prison. He went to work in a factory. He had to work many hours each day. Charles was very unhappy at this time. He nerver forgot about his life at the factory. In 1821. when he was fifteen years old, Dickens went to work in an office. He was not well paid but he had many friends. In 1833, Charles Dickens began writting stories. He became very famous and very rich.
Oliver Twist, the story of a poor boy without a family was published in 1838. Other famous books by Charles Dickens are:
A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, A tule of two Cities, Great Expectations and Mutual Friend.
Charles Dickens knew how the poor people lived in England. Many of his stories are about the poor people. Charles was very angry when he found out how poor children lived. They were not only often very ungry but were beaten as well.
Charels Dickens died on 9 of june of 1870. He was fifty-eight years old when he kicked the bucket. Dickens is buried in the more than one thousand years old English traditional famous church called Westminster Abbey, in London, where his grave is till today.
Exercises:
1) Write your own biography (100 words)
I'm Ana Carla and i'am 32 years old.I live in Osasco with my mother and one brother. I am a system analyst, but i worked as a secretary when i was a trainee from the college and my first job was a seller at a construction materials store.
I work in a big brazilian bank at security team. Currently, i've been studying english with my teacher Andrew and M
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On the weekends, i usually read some books, go out to dance, travell to the beaches or small tourism towns. I rest in my house with my family and sometimes with my friends. When i'm home, i usually watch a movie ( i love to do it ) and i listen to a music. Well, that's a little about me.
2) Write six questions about the text:
- Why did the family of charles go to prison?
- Why was Charles unhappy when he worked at the factory?
- Why did Charles Became very famous?
- Why did Charles write about poor people?
- How many books did Charles write?
- Why was Charles angry about?
