Charles Dickens

He was one of the most original, influential, and prolific writers of the 19th Century--and one of it's most charismatic figures. His tragic, deprived boyhood included watching his father confined to debtor's prison, and a year as a child laborer in a blacking factory--yet pain only served to fuel his ambitions. By his early twenties, he had already achieved popularity as a writer of "serials", leading to worldwide fame of near superstar proportions, heretofore unheard of in Victorian England. But even his genius and fame could not keep him from the deep loneliness and unrelenting ghosts that would haunt him until his death. He was the world's beloved author, Charles Dickens.

Web Video | October 19, 2006

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