After the Dickens family moved to London in 1822, Charles had to quick going to school because his family could no longer afford it. Once when he was eleven years old, he became lost in London, and began roaming the streets. In 1824 his father was arrested and then sent to debtors' prison. Since his family had little money he had not be going to school, but in 1825 his father said he should return. When he was sixteen he became a reporter, he wrote short stories, and he would sometimes record public speeches. Charles Dickens also traveled to American and climbed Mount Vesuvius in Italy. Dickens died on June 9, 1870 at fifty-eight years old. The book also features cartoon summaries of: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Martin Chuzzlewit, Little Dorrit, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, and The Pickwick Papers. ( )