About Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, (February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner.
Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf faulted his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrences, and grotesque characterizations.
The popularity of Dickens's novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens's novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor "cliffhanger" after another, to keep the (original) public looking forward to the next installment.
Charles Dickens, (February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner.
Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, H...
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| 1. A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens Complete Works) (Hardcover) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
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| 2. A Child's History of England (Hardcover) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company
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| 3. Classics Illustrated Deluxe #9: A Christmas Carol and the Remembrance of... Author: Charles Dickens Illustrator: Estelle Meyrand Publisher: Papercutz
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09/18/2012
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| 4. A Christmas Carol: Deluxe Gift Edition (Hardcover) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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09/15/2012
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| 5. Great Expectations (Sterling Classics) (Hardcover) Author: Charles Dickens Illustrator: Scott McKowen Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
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09/04/2012
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7,575 Reviews |
| 6. Quentin Blake's A Christmas Carol (Hardcover) Author: Charles Dickens Illustrator: Quentin Blake Publisher: Pavilion
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09/01/2012
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5,224 Reviews |
| 7. David Copperfield (Penguin English Library) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Penguin
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05/31/2012
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509 Reviews |
| 8. Little Dorrit (Vintage Dickens) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Vintage Digital
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| 9. The Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy For Christmas-time (Pap... Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Nabu Press
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04/19/2012
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| 10. The Cricket On The Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home (Annotated) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens |
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04/06/2012
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| 11. Greatest Works of Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfie... Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Century eBooks
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| 12. Great Expectations (Paperback) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Simon & Brown
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03/22/2012
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| 13. A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND and YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ENGLAND [Illust... Author: Charles Dickens, Charlotte Mary Yonge |
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03/22/2012
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| 14. A Christmas Carol (Aladdin Classics) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens, Nancy Farmer Publisher: Aladdin
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03/13/2012
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| 15. Great Expectations (Aladdin Classics) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens, Zilpha Keatley Snyder Publisher: Aladdin
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| 16. A child's dream of a star (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens |
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03/06/2012
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| 17. Christmas Carol (picture book edition), A (Kindle Edition) Author: Brett Helquist, Charles Dickens Illustrator: Brett Helquist Publisher: HarperCollins
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01/18/2012
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8 Reviews |
| 18. Barnaby Rudge (Vintage Dickens) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Vintage Digital
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12/31/2011
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73 Reviews |
| 19. La pequea Dorrit (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Alba Editorial
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12/20/2011
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| 20. Classic Christmas Stories (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens, Cyrus Townsend Brady, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Max Beerbohm, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stella M. Francis, L. Frank Baum, Berthold Auerbach, John Ashton Publisher: Saverie Books
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| 21. A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN PROSE BEING A Ghost Story of Christmas (Kindle Edit... Author: Charles Dickens |
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| 22. A Christmas Carol (Paperback) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Textbook Classics
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| 23. The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens Illustrator: John Leech, RICHARD DOYLE, Clarkson Stanfield, Daniel Maclise, Edwin Henry Landseer |
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| 24. Cuento de Navidad (Letras mayusculas. Clasicos universales) (Spanish Edi... Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Bambu
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| 25. Martin Chuzzlewit (Wordsworth Classics) (Kindle Edition) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
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