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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to school, after which he became an office boy, a freelance reporter, and finally an author. With Pickwick Papers (1836–37) he achieved immediate fame. In a few years he was easily the most popular and respected writer of his time. It has been estimated that one out of every ten persons in Victorian England was a Dickens reader. Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838–39), and The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41) were huge successes. Martin Chuzzlewit (1843–44) was less so, but Dickens followed it with his unforgettable, A Christmas Carol (1843), Bleak House (1852–53), Hard Times (1854), and Little Dorrit (1855–57), which reveal his deepening concern for the injustices of British society. A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860–61), and Our Mutual Friend (1864–65) complete his major works.
Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol
David Copperfield
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Great Expectations (Movie Tie-In)
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Bleak House
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
A Christmas Carol
Major Works of Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics hardcover boxed set)
Hard Times
Bleak House
A Tale of Two Cities
Bleak House
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
A Christmas Carol
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Barnaby Rudge
Oliver Twist
The Haunted House
Little Dorrit
The Pickwick Papers

Books

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol
David Copperfield
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Great Expectations (Movie Tie-In)
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Bleak House
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
A Christmas Carol
Major Works of Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics hardcover boxed set)
Hard Times
Bleak House
A Tale of Two Cities
Bleak House
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
A Christmas Carol
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Barnaby Rudge
Oliver Twist
The Haunted House
Little Dorrit
The Pickwick Papers
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