Charles Dickens is acclaimed as one of history's greatest novelists.

Charles John Huffam Dickens, (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters, and achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime.

Later critics, beginning with George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, championed his mastery of prose, his endless invention of memorable characters and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James and Virginia Woolf fault his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrence and grotesque characters.

The popularity of Dickens' novels and short stories has meant that not one has ever gone out of print. Dickens wrote serialised novels, the usual format for fiction at the time, and each new part of his stories was eagerly anticipated by the reading public.

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Twenty-two Short Works List:
The Seven Poor Travellers........................................................... 5
A Message From the Sea ........................................................... 32
The Battle of Life ..................................................................... 65
The Chimes ........................................................................... 144
A Christmas Carol ................................................................. 224
The Cricket on the Hearth ..................................................... 297
Doctor Marigold .................................................................... 378
George Silverman’s Explanation ............................................. 405
Going into Society ................................................................. 434
The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain .......................... 447
Holiday Romance .................................................................. 536
Hunted Down ....................................................................... 609
The Lamplighter .................................................................... 632
Mrs. Lirriper’s Legacy ............................................................. 648
Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings ......................................................... 677
Mugby Junction ..................................................................... 712
Somebody’s Luggage .............................................................. 764
Sunday Under Three Heads ................................................... 816
Three Ghost Stories ............................................................... 845
To Be Read at Dusk ............................................................... 899
Tom Tiddler’s Ground............................................................ 911
The Wreck of the Golden Mary ............................................. 937

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