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Charles Dickens

Author · born February 7, 1812 · died 1870

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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.

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  1. ~26Notable work: Oliver Twist1838
  2. 31Notable work: A Christmas CarolDecember 19, 1843
  3. ~38Notable work: David Copperfield1850
  4. ~47Notable work: A Tale of Two Cities1859
  5. 49Notable work: Great ExpectationsMarch 23, 1861

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