My story begins when I was seven years old. I was in the graveyard of the church that was very close to my home. Both of my parents were buried there.

Suddenly I started crying because I felt afraid and the noise of my sobs filled the graveyard.

Charles Dickens ( 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) 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. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.