Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic. Author of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. Greatest popular novelist of the Victorian age.
Charles Dickens
Ask Charles Dickens about Victorian London, social reform, and Oliver Twist. Walk Victorian London with the man who put the workhouse on the page.
English novelist and social critic. Author of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. Greatest popular novelist of the Victorian age.
- Born
- 1812
- Died
- 1870
- Birthplace
- Portsmouth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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