Charles dickens was a famous English writer.Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England 1812. In 1822 his family moved to London. When Dickens was only twelve years old , he went to work in a factory. Dickens marred Catherine Hogarth in 1836. He have ten children. Dickens was one of the most popular writers of his time . Charles Dickens died in 1870, more than a hundred years ago, but his stories are still popular today.