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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.
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David Copperfield
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Bleak House
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Great Expectations
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
The Haunted House
Our Mutual Friend
Little Dorrit
Oliver Twist
Hard Times
American Notes for General Circulation
Great Expectations
David Copperfield
American Notes
The Raven and the Monkey's Paw
A Tale of Two Cities
Bleak House
A Tale of Two Cities
A Christmas Carol

Books

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David Copperfield
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Bleak House
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Great Expectations
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
The Haunted House
Our Mutual Friend
Little Dorrit
Oliver Twist
Hard Times
American Notes for General Circulation
Great Expectations
David Copperfield
American Notes
The Raven and the Monkey's Paw
A Tale of Two Cities
Bleak House
A Tale of Two Cities
A Christmas Carol

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