My game idea is one of the most notorious stories; A Christmas Carol. Written by the famos aurther; Charles Dickens. After doing some research, I descovered his timeline. This will help with my idea.

Charles Dickens Timeline

 

 

·         1812 – Born on February 7 to John and Elizabeth Dickens.

·         1824 – John Dickens arrested and sent to the Marshalsea prison. Charles Dickens worked at the Warren’s Blacking Factory.

·         1827 – Rejoins the workforce as the clerk of an attorney.

·         1830 – Dickens meets Maria Beadnell, his first love interest.

·         1833 – The relationship with Maria Beadnell ends. A Dinner at Poplar Walk is published.

·         1834 – Began using the pseudonym “Boz“. Meets his future wife, Catherine Hogarth.

·         1835 – Becomes engaged to Catherine.

·         1836 – The first chapters of The Pickwick Papers are published. Marries Catherine Hogarth.

·         1837 – The first of his 10 children, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, is born. Mary Hogarth, Catherine’s sister, dies. The publication of Oliver Twist begins.

·         1838 – Dickens and Hablot Browne travel to Yorkshire to see the boarding schools.  His daughter, Mary, is born.  Publication of Nicholas Nickleby begins.

·         1839 – His daughter, Kate, is born.

·         1840 – Publication of The Old Curiosity Shop begins

·         1841 – Barnaby Rudge is published.  Charles and Catherine tour Scotland.  Their son, Walter, is born.

·         1842 – Charles and Catherine travel to America.  Late in 1842 or early in the next year Dickens begins work on Martin Chuzzlewit.

·         1843 – A Christmas Carol is published.

·         1844 – His son Francis Jeffrey (Frank) is born.  Dickens and family travel to Italy.  Treated Madame de la Rue with mesmerism.

·         1845 – Another son, Alfred, is born.

·         1846 – Dickens and his family travel to Switzerland.  Publication of Dombey and Son begins.

·         1847 – His son, Sydney, is born.

·         1848 – Dickens’ sister, Fanny, dies.  The Haunted Man, his last Christmas book is published.

·         1849 – His son, Henry Fielding Dickens, is born.  The publication of David Copperfield begins.

·         1850 – His daughter, Dora Annie Dickens, is born.

·         1851– Catherine Dickens suffers a nervous collapse.  John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, dies.  Dora Dickens dies when she is only eight months old.  What Shall we have for Dinner?, a cookbook by Catherine Dickens is published.

·         1852 – The publication of Bleak House begins. His son, Edward or “Plorn”, is born.

·         1853 – Dickens gives his first public reading of one of his works.

·         1854 – Hard Times is published.

·         1855 – Dickens has a disappointing reunion with Maria Winter (Maria Beadnell).  Publication of Little Dorrit begins.

·         1856 – Dickens works with Wilkie Collins on The Frozen Deep. Dickens purchases Gad’s Hill Place.

·         1857 – Hans Christian Anderson is entertained at Gad’s Hill Place. Dickens meets Ellen Ternan.

·         1858 – Dickens separates from Catherine, his wife.

·         1859 –  A Tale of Two Cities is published.

·         1860 – Publication of Great Expectations begins in All the Year Round.  His daughter, Katie, marries and ten days later his brother, Alfred, dies. Dickens burns his personal papers.

·         1863 – Dickens’ mother, Elizabeth, dies. Dickens begins work on Our Mutual Friend.

·         1864 – His son, Walter, dies in India.  The first installment of Our Mutual Friend is printed.

·         1865 – Dickens is involved in the Staplehurst railway accident along with Ellen Ternan and her mother.

·         1867 – Dickens tours America for the second time.

·         1868 – He gives his first Murder of Nancy reading.

·         1869 – Dickens is ordered by doctors to discontinue readings. Dickens begins writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

·         1870 – Dickens gives his final public reading.  Publication of  The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins.  Charles Dickens dies at Gad’s Hill Place on June 9.