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Charles John Huffam Dickens ; 7
February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an
English writer and social critic. He created
some of the world's best-known fictional
characters and is regarded by many as the
greatest novelist of the Victorian era . [1] 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
still widely read today. Born Charles John Huffam Dickens
7 February 1812
Landport , Hampshire , England
Died 9 June 1870 (aged 58)
Higham , Kent , England
Resting
place Poets' Corner , Westminster
Abbey
Occupation Writer
Nationality British
Notable
works The Pickwick Papers •
Oliver Twist •
Nicholas Nickleby •
A Christmas Carol •
David Copperfield •
Bleak House •
Little Dorrit •
A Tale of Two Cities •
Great Expectations
Spouse Catherine Thomson Hogarth
Children Charles Dickens Jr. •
Mary Dickens •
Kate Perugini •
Walter Landor Dickens •
Francis Dickens •
Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson
Dickens •
Sydney Smith Haldimand
Dickens •
Henry Fielding Dickens •
Dora Annie Dickens •
Edward DickensBorn in Portsmouth , Dickens left school to
work in a factory when his father was
incarcerated in a debtors' prison . Despite his
lack of formal education, he edited a weekly
journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five
novellas , hundreds of short stories and non-
fiction articles, lectured and performed
readings extensively, was an indefatigable
letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for
children's rights, education, and other social
reforms.
February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an
English writer and social critic. He created
some of the world's best-known fictional
characters and is regarded by many as the
greatest novelist of the Victorian era . [1] 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
still widely read today. Born Charles John Huffam Dickens
7 February 1812
Landport , Hampshire , England
Died 9 June 1870 (aged 58)
Higham , Kent , England
Resting
place Poets' Corner , Westminster
Abbey
Occupation Writer
Nationality British
Notable
works The Pickwick Papers •
Oliver Twist •
Nicholas Nickleby •
A Christmas Carol •
David Copperfield •
Bleak House •
Little Dorrit •
A Tale of Two Cities •
Great Expectations
Spouse Catherine Thomson Hogarth
Children Charles Dickens Jr. •
Mary Dickens •
Kate Perugini •
Walter Landor Dickens •
Francis Dickens •
Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson
Dickens •
Sydney Smith Haldimand
Dickens •
Henry Fielding Dickens •
Dora Annie Dickens •
Edward DickensBorn in Portsmouth , Dickens left school to
work in a factory when his father was
incarcerated in a debtors' prison . Despite his
lack of formal education, he edited a weekly
journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five
novellas , hundreds of short stories and non-
fiction articles, lectured and performed
readings extensively, was an indefatigable
letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for
children's rights, education, and other social
reforms.
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Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
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