The England that Charles Dickens made famous in celebrated classics such as Oliver Twist , David Copperfield , and A Christmas Carol was a fascinating mix of mysterious fogs, grimy London streets, guileless protagonists, and unscrupulous villains. It...

Charles Dickens - (1812 - 1870) (Also wrote under the pseudonym of Boz) English novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and essayist. Since the publication of his first novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1837; better known as The...

(born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng.—died June 9, 1870, Gad's Hill, near Chatham, Kent) English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His many volumes include such works as A Christmas Carol, David...

(born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng.—died June 9, 1870, Gad's Hill, near Chatham, Kent) British novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. The defining moment of Dickens's life occurred when he was 12 years...

Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (IPA: /ËtÊÉ'rlz Ëdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's...