The famous English master pen Charles Dickens, by his very existence, refuted the opinion that great writers usually gain fame only years after death. No doubt, it often happens that way, but he achieved success and recognition even in his lifetime. And, of course, he left to descendants a fair literary heritage, which is still very popular all over the world. At the same time, he himself was notable for a fair amount of personal oddities …
Charles Dickens had seven brothers and sisters. At his first job, the factory for the production of vacancy, the future literary genius got a job when he was eleven years old. When he was twelve years old, his father went to jail for debt. According to the English laws of those years, the debtor’s spouse was also imprisoned. Dickens’s first publications were published in London newspapers. These were essays describing the life and social position of the ruined petty bourgeoisie. Loud fame writer brought his first novel “Death Pickwick Memorial Club”.
Charles Dickens became the most popular English writer during his lifetime. The writer earned good money by reading his novels to the public, since he was a great reader. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, Charles Dickens often fell into a trance at the most unexpected time. In the 90s of the last century, his portrait was adorned on an English banknote of ten pounds.
He was also often haunted by the feeling of déjà vu. In such cases, he began nervously pulling his hat in his hands. None of the headdress could not tolerate such treatment for a long time, so in the end Dickens stopped wearing hats. Charles Dickens claimed that all the characters described by him at the moment when he puts their words and actions on paper are next to him, and he hears their voices. In the evenings, the writer often set off to roam the crowded streets. According to him, this helped him temporarily get rid of the ghosts who beset him. One of the craters on Mercury is named after Charles Dickens.
There are monuments in honor of the writer in four countries of the world – Great Britain, Russia, the USA and Australia. And in his testament, he asked not to put monuments to him. Dickens wrote many essays, 16 novels and published three collections of short stories. Based on his works, about 180 films, TV series and cartoons were shot. Dickens had ten children. The writer was quite superstitious. Friday he considered his “happy” day, and he touched all subjects three times. He always slept strictly head to the north. Another of his strange habits was drinking a sip of hot water every 50 lines he wrote. The Charles Dickens House Museum is located in London, where anyone can visit it.
