Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dicken
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era. He was a fierce critic of the poverty and social stratification of Victorian society.
Charles Dickens own life was bit of a roller coaster. At the age of nine he was sent to a school, which was an indication of a reasonable wealth of the family. Soon after that, his father was imprisoned for bad debts.
The entire family was sent to Marshalsea prison, only Charles was sent to Warren’s blacking factory. Only after three years he returned back to school. His experience of this period is reflected in two of his well known works: ”David Copperfield” and “Great Expectations”.
After finishing the studies in school, he became a reporter. In the meantime he was publishing short sketches under the pseudonym of “Boz”. One of them, “Pickwick Papers”, was really successful and changed a course of his career. He wrote a large amount of novels as well as other publications.
He died of a stroke in 1870. Charles Dickens is buried at Westminster Abbey.
These are the major works of Dickens ordered by date.
- Sketches by Boz 1836
- Pickwick Papers 1836
- Oliver Twist 1837
- Nicholas Nickleby 1838
- Old Curiosity Shop 1840
- Barnaby Rudge 1841
- American Notes 1842
- Martin Chuzzlewit 1843
- A Christmas Carol 1843
- The Chimes 1844
- The Cricket on the Hearth 1845
- Dombey and Son 1846
- David Copperfield 1849
- Bleak House 1852
- Hard Times 1854
- Little Dorrit 1855
- A Tale of Two Cities 1859
- Great Expectations 1861 (watch the movie)
- Our Mutual Friend 1864
- Edwin Drood 1870 (uncompleted)
