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CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM DICKENS

 (Portsmouth, England, February 7, 1812 - Gads Hill Place, England, June 9, 1870)

Was a famous English novelist, one of the best known in world literature, and the principal of the Victorian era. He was a master of the narrative genre, which printed a certain dose of humor and irony, while practicing a sharp social criticism. In his work are the descriptions of people and places, both real and imagined. Sometimes used the pseudonym Boz.

Dickens's style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic touch. His satire on the snobbery of the British aristocracy-he called one of his characters' The Noble Refrigerator "- are often popular. Orphan comparisons of shareholders or diners with furniture are some of her most acclaimed ironies.

Charles Dickens published over a dozen major novels, a large number of short stories (including a number of Christmas-themed stories), a handful of plays, and several non-fiction books. Dickens's novels were initially serialised in weekly and monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats.

Short story collections

·         Sketches by Boz (1836)

·         The Mudfog Papers (1837) in Bentley's Miscellany magazine

·         Reprinted Pieces (1861)

·         The Uncommercial Traveller (1860–1869)