Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

How old is Charles Dickens now?

Death. After suffering a stroke, Dickens died at age 58 on June 9, 1870, at Gad's Hill Place, his country home in Kent, England.

What happened to Charles Dickens when he was 12?

At the age of twelve Charles worked with working-class men and boys in a factory that handled "blacking," or shoe polish. While his father was in debtor's prison, the rest of the family moved to live near the prison, leaving Charles to live alone.