In that early period of his life, he tried to imitate what he read, wrote a tragedy founded upon one of the "Tales of the Genii," and acquired great fame among his associates as a story teller. ... In his wretched condition there were numerous chances for him to become a rogue or a vagabond, but he survived these dangers and became a great novelist. ... Dickens took great pride in meeting deadlines and beating other reporters to key facts, and his sharp accuracy was well respected. ... First he reported for the "True Sun," then he worked at the "Mirror of Parliament", founded by his uncl...

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