* The first place he worked? If so, he started his career as a clerk at a blacking factory when he was 12 years old. This was a very difficult job, and he later described it as a "black and dismal" period in his life.
* The first place his work was published? His first published work was a short story called "A Dinner at Poplar Walk" which appeared in "The Monthly Magazine" in 1833.
* The first place he lived? He was born in Portsmouth, England on February 7, 1812.
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