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
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 Fiction
• A Christmas Carol (1843)
Fantasy Stories
• "The Trial for Murder" (1865)
• "The Signal-Man" (1866)
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.
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