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關於作者:
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near
Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The
family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely
impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking-warehouse when his
father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected
the future novelist. In 1833 he began contributing stories to
newspapers and magazines, and in 1836 started the serial
publication of Pickwick Papers. Thereafter, Dickens published his
major novels over the course of the next twenty years, from
Nicholas Nickleby to Little Dorrit. He also edited the journals
Household Words and All the Year Round. Dickens died in June
1870.