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Charles Dickens

Also known as Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Boz, C. Dickens

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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Charles Dickens was a British writer, novelist, journalist, and playwright. Born Charles John Huffam Dickens on 7 February 1812, he was the son of John Dickens. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later the United Kingdom. His notable works include The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and David Copperfield. Other significant titles are A Tale of Two Cities, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Little Dorrit, and Nicholas Nickleby. He also wrote under the pseudonym بوز.

Dickens was married to Catherine Dickens, with whom he had four children: Charles Dickens, Jr., Mary Dickens, Kate Perugini, and Henry Fielding Dickens. He was also in an unmarried partnership with Ellen Ternan. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 9 June 1870 in Higham, with natural causes listed as the manner of death. He is buried at Westminster Abbey. Dickens was an Anglican and received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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Born: 7 February 1812
Died: 9 June 1870
Works: 7377

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Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth-century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and…

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Portsmouth
Place of death: Higham
Spouse: Catherine Dickens
Father: John Dickens
Occupation: court reporter
Languages spoken: British English
Native language: British English
Religion: Anglicanism
Award: Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Notable work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Field of work: literature
Genre: non-fiction
Movement: literary realism
Image: Bust of Charles Dickens by Giovanni Fontana.jpg
Work location: Rochester

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place of burial: Westminster Abbey
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date of birth: 1812-00-00
date of death: 1870-00-00
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cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage
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pseudonym: بوز
birth name: Charles John Huffam Dickens
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Charles Dickens
list of works: Charles Dickens bibliography
unmarried partner: Ellen Ternan
ethnic group: English people
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Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈdɪkɪnz/ ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) 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.

Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school at age 12 to work in a boot-blacking factory when his father John was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. After three years, he returned to school before beginning his literary career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years; wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas, hundreds of short stories and nonfiction articles; lectured and performed readings extensively; was a tireless letter writer; and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms.

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