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Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Landport, a district of Portsmouth, where his father, John Dickens, worked as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. In 1817 the family moved to Chatham, in Kent where Charles enjoyed a happy childhood around Rochester and in the surrounding riverside and country of the marshes.
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© 1986 Dennis Butts
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Butts, D. (1986). Charles Dickens: Life and Background. In: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Macmillan Master Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08338-1_1
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