Charles Dickens

Born

February 7, 1812

Died

June 9, 1870 (aged 58)

Known as

writer, novelist, journalist, social critic, playwright, author

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

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