Charles Dickens
Born
in Portsmouth, England
February 07, 1812
Died
June 09, 1870
Genre
Influences
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A Tale of Two Cities
9310 editions
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published
1859
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A Christmas Carol
9928 editions
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published
1843
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Great Expectations
6976 editions
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published
1861
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Oliver Twist
7443 editions
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published
1838
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David Copperfield
3871 editions
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published
1850
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Bleak House
2022 editions
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published
1853
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Hard Times
3518 editions
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published
1854
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A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth
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209 editions
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published
1843
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Little Dorrit
1324 editions
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published
1857
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Nicholas Nickleby
1575 editions
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published
1839
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“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
Polls
September 2016 Old School Classic Poll
1596, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, 247 pages
1320, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 798 pages
1516, Utopia by Thomas More, 135 pages
-450, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, 273 pages
1867, Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, 201 pages
1837, The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 801 pages
1606, Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, 336 pages
1896, The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, 224 pages
1857, Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, 418 pages
1899, Dom Casmuro by Machado de Assis, 176 pages
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