Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist who created some of literature's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Born in Portsmouth, he left school at twelve to work in a boot-blacking factory when his father was imprisoned for debt, later beginning his career as a journalist before writing fifteen novels, five novellas and hundreds of short stories. His literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers, and his best-known works, including A Christmas Carol (1843), Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities, remain widely read and adapted today; the term Dickensian describes conditions or characters reminiscent of his writing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Charles John Huffam Dickens ( ; 7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and journalist.
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Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist who created some of literature's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
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Charles John Huffam Dickens ( ; 7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
Award: Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Charles John Huffam Dickens ( ; 7 February 1812-9 June 1870) was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature'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.
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A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens.
Great Expectations (Wikipedia)
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Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by the English author Charles Dickens.
Oliver Twist (Wikipedia)
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Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens.
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