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Charles Dickens

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Born
Landport, Hampshire, England, 1812

Died
Higham, Kent, England, 1870

Publications
Novels, stories, plays, poetry, history, travelogues, journalism, essays, memoirs

Genres
Literary, horror, fantasy, mystery

Writing language
English

Place of writing
London, England; Higham, Kent, England

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Literature

Oliver Twist (1838)

A Christmas Carol (1843)

David Copperfield (1850)

Bleak House (1853)

Little Dorrit (1857)

A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Great Expectations (1861)

Novels

Oliver Twist (1838)

Nicholas Nickleby (1839)

David Copperfield (1850)

Bleak House (1853)

Hard Times (1854)

Little Dorrit (1857)

A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Great Expectations (1861)

Our Mutual Friend (1865)

Novellas

A Christmas Carol (1843)

Stories

• "The Signal-Man" (1866)

British Literature

The Pickwick Papers (1834)

Oliver Twist (1838)

Nicholas Nickleby (1839)

A Christmas Carol (1843)

David Copperfield (1850)

Bleak House (1853)

Hard Times (1854)

Little Dorrit (1857)

A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Great Expectations (1861)

Our Mutual Friend (1865)

Crime and Mystery

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)

First appearance of works in book form

1836

Sketches by Boz Fifty-six sketches

1837

The Pickwick Papers Novel

1838

The Mudfog Papers Seven sketches

Sketches of Young Gentlemen Sketches

Oliver Twist Novel

1839

Nicholas Nickleby Novel

1840

Sketches of Young Couples Sketches

1841

The Old Curiosity Shop Novel

Barnaby Rudge Novel

Master Humphrey's Clock Novella

1842

American Notes Travelogue

1843

A Christmas Carol Novella

1844

Martin Chuzzlewit Novel

The Chimes Novella

1845

The Cricket on the Hearth Novella

1846

Pictures from Italy Travelogue

The Battle of Life Novella

1848

Dombey and Son Novel

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain Novella

1849

The Life of Our Lord History

1850

David Copperfield Novel

1853

A Child's History of England History

Bleak House Novel

1854

Hard Times Novel

1856

Christmas Stories Stories

incl. "The Chimes"

1857

Little Dorrit Novel

1858

Reprinted Pieces Twenty-five stories

"The Long Voyage", "The Begging-Letter Writer", "A Child's Dream of a Star", "Our English Watering-Place", "Our French Watering-Place", "Bill-Sticking", "Births. Mrs. Meek, of a So", "Lying Awake", "The Ghost of Art", "Out of Town", "Out of the Season", "A Poor Man's Tale of a Patent", "The Noble Savage", "A Flight", "The Detective Police", "Three 'Detective' Anecdotes", "On Duty with Inspector Field", "Down with the Tide", "A Walk in a Workhouse", "Prince Bull: A Fairy Tale", "A Plated Article", "Our Honourable Friend", "Our School", "Our Vestry", "Our Bore", "A Monument of French Folly"

1859

A Tale of Two Cities Novel

1861

Great Expectations Novel

1865

Our Mutual Friend Novel

1867

No Thoroughfare: A Drama: In Five Acts Play with Wilkie Collins, published as a novel in Christmas edition of All the Year Round

1868

The Uncommercial Traveller Stories, memoir

1870

The Mystery of Edwin Drood Novel

Speeches, Letters and Sayings of Charles Dickens Speeches, letters, quotations

1876

Christmas Stories Twenty stories from Household Words and All the Year Round

incl. A Christmas Tree", "What Christmas Is As We Grow Older", "The Poor Relation's Story", "The Child's Story", "The Schoolboy's Story", "Nobody's Story"The Seven Poor Travellers", "The Holly-Tree", "Wreck of the Golden Mary", "The Perils of Certain English Prisoners", "Going Into Society", "The Haunted House", "A Message from the Sea" with Wilkie Collins, "Tom Tiddler's Ground", "Somebody's Luggage", "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings", "Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy", "Doctor Marigold", "The Ghost Stories", "Mugby Junction", "No Thoroughfare"

1880–1882

The Letters of Charles Dickens From 1833 To 1870 Three volumes of letters, edited by Georgina Hogarth and Mary Dickens

1890

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Travelogue, play and story (all with Wilkie Collins)

Travelogue: The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices; story: "The Perils of Certain English Prisoners"

1982

Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins Letters

1985

The Complete Poems of Charles Dickens Poems.

 

THE AUTHOR | BIBLIOGRAPHY | VIEWS AND QUOTES