Charles Dickens

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in the House of Commons, and he became a reporter for a newspaper. In 1834 he adopted his famous pseudonym " Boz." Soon his father was put in jail for another count of debt and he came to his aid time. During his lifetime Charles' family would always be on his back for money.

In 1836 the first series of the "Sketches of Boz" was released , also during this year he was hired to be a short writer to go along with his humorous sport illustrations by Robert Seymour. Robert committed suicide after the second set was completed so Charles changed the conception of the "PickWick Paper's" which afterwards would become a novel. The PickWick Papers was a huge success through November 1837. In

1836 he became editor of Bentley's Miscellany then he published a second series of the

famous "Sketches of Boz", and met John Forster who later would become his greatest friend.

After the huge success with the PickWick Papers he became a full time novelist,

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