Have you read a book called A Christmas Carol? Do you know who wrote the book? It's Charles Dickens. As we all know, Charles Dickens is English novelist (小说家), who is considered as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era (维多利亚时代). He's well-known not only in Britain, but also in many other (country) in the world. He was bon 1812 and lived in London. He (create) some best-known characters (人物), and most of (they) are still popular now. Now there (be) films and plays based on (以……为基础) his books and characters. Oliver Twist is a famous musical play and Great Expectations is a (wonder) film.
The early life of Dickens was very hard. Because his family was poor, his mother had to send him out (work) in a factory when he was only 12. Since then, he had studied (complete) by himself. He put his difficult experiences into his novel writing. In 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth and they had ten children during their marriage. He didn't stop writing he died. At that time, he was writing a story. But we'll never know how the story ends.
