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Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
Dickens, Charles. A famous English novelist; born at Landport, in Portsea, Feb. 7, 1812; died on June 9, 1870. His works include: ‘Sketches by Boz’ (1835–36); ‘Pickwick Papers’ (1837); ‘Oliver Twist’ (1838–39); ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (1839); ‘Master Humphrey’s Clock’ (1840–41); a weekly issue in periodical form, comprising among others the installments of ‘Old Curiosity Shop’ and ‘Barnaby Rudge’; ‘American Notes’ (1842); ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1843); ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’ (1844); ‘The Chimes’ (1844); ‘The Cricket on the Hearth’ (1845); ‘Pictures from Italy’ (1846); ‘The Battle of Life’ (1846); ‘Dombey and Son’ (1848); ‘The Haunted Man’ (1848); ‘David Copperfield’ (1850); ‘Bleak House’ (1853); ‘A Child’s History of England’ (1854); ‘Hard Times’ (1854); ‘Little Dorrit’ (1857); ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ (1859); ‘Great Expectations’ (1861); ‘Our Mutual Friend’ (1865); ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ (1870), unfinished; and many short pieces and humorous essays, stories, and sketches. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).