Charles Dickens
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Dickens portrait, 1842
About the author
Born
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 1812
Died
Higham, Kent, England, 1870
Places lived
England: Portsmouth, Chatham, London and Higham; Italy: Genoa; Switzerland; France: Paris and Boulogne
Nationality
English
Forms of writing
Novels, stories, plays, poetry, history, travelogues, journalism, essays, memoirs
Genres
Literary, historical fiction, horror, fantasy, romance, mystery
Writing language
English
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)
Fantasy
• A Christmas Carol (1843)
Fantasy Stories
• "The Trial for Murder" (1865)
• "The Signal-Man" (1866)
Historical Fiction
• A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
Humour Fiction
• The Pickwick Papers (1834)
Literary Fiction
• 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)
• Our Mutual Friend (1865)
Time Travel
• A Christmas Carol (1843)
Works published in book form
Sketches by Boz, sketches, 1836
The Pickwick Papers, novel, 1837
The Mudfog Papers, sketches, 1838
Sketches of Young Gentlemen, sketches, 1838
Oliver Twist, novel, 1838
Nicholas Nickleby, novel, 1839
Sketches of Young Couples, sketches, 1840
The Old Curiosity Shop, novel, 1841
Barnaby Rudge, novel, 1841
Master Humphrey's Clock, novella, 1841
American Notes, travelogue, 1842
A Christmas Carol, novella, 1843
Martin Chuzzlewit, novel, 1844
The Chimes, novella, 1844
The Cricket on the Hearth, novella, 1845
Pictures from Italy, travelogue, 1846
The Battle of Life, novella, 1846
Dombey and Son, novel, 1848
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, novella, 1848
The Life of Our Lord History, 1849
David Copperfield, novel, 1850
A Child's History of England, history, 1853
Bleak House, novel, 1853
Hard Times, novel, 1854
Christmas Stories, stories, 1856
Includes "The Chimes"
Little Dorrit, novel, 1857
Reprinted Pieces, story collection, 1858
Includes "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"
A Tale of Two Cities, novel, 1859
Great Expectations, novel, 1861
Our Mutual Friend, novel, 1865
No Thoroughfare: A Drama: In Five Acts, play with Wilkie Collins, 1867, published as a novel in Christmas edition of All the Year Round
The Uncommercial Traveller, story collection and memoir, 1868
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, novel, 1870
Speeches, Letters and Sayings of Charles Dickens, collection of speeches, letters and quotations, 1870
Christmas Stories, story collection from Household Words and All the Year Round, 1876
Includes "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"
The Letters of Charles Dickens from 1833 to 1870, letter collection in three volumes, 1880–1882, edited by Georgina Hogarth and Mary Dickens
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, travelogue, play and story, all with Wilkie Collins, 1890
Travelogue: The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices; story: "The Perils of Certain English Prisoners"
Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins, letters collection, 1982
The Complete Poems of Charles Dickens, poetry collection, 1995
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