205 years ago, on February 7, 1812, was born in Portsmouth, England, John Huff Charles Dickens, an English novelist, known for the 19th-century realism, reflected in his novels. Up to the age of 12, Dickens‘s childhood was peaceful and happy. His family belonged to the nobility and he went to a private school. His father, a bohemian character, was incarcerated in a debtor’s prison. To help his family, Charles was forced to leave school and work ten-hour days at Warren’s Blacking Warehouse, where he earned six shillings a week pasting labels on pots of boot blacking. Read more