CHARLES DICKENS
(1812-1870)

Bristih Novelist born in Portsea. The son of a clerk he received little
education and his father was constantly being imprisoned for debt.He became a
reporter for the Morning Chronicle to which he contributed the Sketches by
Boz. He travelled and lectured extensively, and he had a sharp social
conscience and this is reflected in many of his works especially Hard Times
amongst others.

Major works:
Pickwick Papers
Dombey & Son
Hard Times
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
Edwin Drood
Bleak House
Martin Chuzzlewitt
A Christmas Carol
Barnaby Rudge
Nicholas Nickleby
The Old Curiosity Shop
A tale of Two Cities
Great Exxpectations
Our Mutual Friend
Little Dorrit
...and others