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Charles Dickens

Andrew Billen

Young Charles Dickens's happy childhood came to a sudden end when his father was jailed for debt and, aged 12, he was sent to work in a factory making shoe polish. By his mid-twenties, he was on the verge of becoming the most popular novelist the world has ever known, creating hundreds of unforgettable characters.>

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : OCT 13, 2005
  • Imprint : Short Books
  • Page Extent : 112
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781904977186
  • Price : INR 350
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Andrew Billen

Andrew Billen is a feature writer and chief TV critic on The Times. He previously worked for the Sheffield Star The Observer and the London Evening Standard and was a television and theatre critic for the New Statesman. He has written two children's biographies for Short Books. He lives in Oxford with his wife and two daughters.

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