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Charles Dickens
AuthorBooks · Second hand1812-1870
Charles John Huffam Dickens 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. His novels and short stories are widely read today.
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About Charles Dickens
Birth
1812
Death
1870
First book
1836
Years writing
190
Charles John Huffam Dickens 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. His novels and short stories are widely read today.
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Charles Dickens was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and remains one of the most read authors of all time.
His works have enjoyed such enduring popularity that they have never gone out of print.
Beyond his novels, Dickens worked as a journalist, playwright, and even as a parliamentary stenographer.
The author famously used the pseudonym Boz to sign some of his early literary works.
Social reform is a central theme that runs consistently throughout his extensive body of work.
