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Charles Dickens
1812 – 1870
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. 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 widely read today.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
February 7, 1812
Landport
Date of death
June 9, 1870
Gads Hill Place
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United Kingdom
Occupations & fields
writernovelistjournalistsocial criticplaywrightauthor
Awards & honours
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Notable works
The Pickwick PapersOliver TwistA Christmas CarolDavid CopperfieldBleak HouseHard Times: For These Times
- Field and occupation
- anglický spisovateľ (1812–1870)
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