His poetic, excessively ornate writing style seemed to spawn from spending time idealizing the characters he brought to life. He published his first novel A Dinner at Popular Walk, in 1833 in the London periodical, Monthly Magazine and enjoyed fame and popularity during his lifetime which was deeply rooted in London’s picturesque gothic romance. He travelled twice from England to the USA, in 18, and this exposure to the US society had affected his way of thinking and influenced his work. Married to Catherine Thompson in April of 1836, had ten children and then separated in 1858. His most well known novels are: A Christmas Carol Great Expectations Oliver Twist David Copperfield A Tale of Two Cities Hard Times The Pickwick Papers and Bleak House.Ĭharles John Huffam Dickens, was born on February 7 th, 1812 in Landport Portsmouth, England and died on June 9 th 1870. He wrote many books and many of his first editions are among the rarest books in the world. Charles Dickens is considered to be one of the greatest English writers of all times and certainly the greatest English novelist of the Victorian period.
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