He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist By: Charles Dickens Narrated by: Matt Kelly Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins 4.3 (23 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Oliver Twist marks the first in a trilogy of Audible Original adaptations of Charles Dickens classics produced by Oscar winning director Sam Mendes, with the next title to be released in 2023. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812.
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