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Charles Dickens: The Greatest Victorian Novelist

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Charles Dickens is one of the best-known writers in the world, and is considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian Era. If you live in an English-speaking country, you probably read Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol in school. His work became so popular, it even sparked the creation of the world “Dickensian” to describe his style. So, why is Charles Dickens’ work considered to be so good that it has inspired future generations? And who was the man who created all of these well-known characters?

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Host - Simon Whistler
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Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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20 Comments

@vicky_la_france 7 years ago

First Poe, now Dickens?! My little bookworm heart can't take so much joy. 😍😍😍

@poweroffriendship2.0 7 years ago

"Please sir, I want some more."

~ Oliver Twist (1839)

@gamingwithsniperboinyc1993 7 years ago

Fun fact about Simon Whistler he doesn't run out of time he runs after it lol

@luwanabennett1054 5 years ago

Charles Dickens has been my favorite author since I was six. His books helpled to make so many positive changes for the downtrodden, while entertaining readers at the same time. That is the mark of a great writer!

@deemariedubois4916 7 years ago

One of my favorite writers. As a teen I walked around at home carrying one of his books reading dramatically out loud until someone in my family would tell me to go away....God I was a geek.

@amb163 7 years ago (edited)

The work of Dickens opened the eyes of the middle and upper classes, and several of them went on to push for the British Parliamentary Papers in 1842 (aka the British Blue Books). They were a series of investigative inquiries and reports on multiple issues in Victorian Britain, including child labour, coal mine and factory conditions, sanitation, living conditions, etc. I had to reference them quite a bit in my fourth year history thesis, and the interviews with children are utterly heartbreaking.

@ChubbyChecker182 7 years ago

He pretty much invented the modern idea.of Christmas

@traceymarshall4481 7 years ago

I've been looking forward to the biography of Charles Dickens. Thank you ❤️👍

@ahuddleston6512 7 years ago

Charles Dickens lived a few years in his youth on Bayham Street in Camden, London. It was and still is a rough place. I lived on the same street for a year a few doors down from where his old place would have been. His old home was demolished and is now a block of council flats. Found this out from the local library. 😉

@Sarah-cu8fz 5 years ago

If anything this amazing man proves that someone “being a product of their time” is NEVER an excuse for turning a blind eye to social injustice. He was very forward thinking and beyond his years,

@constipatedinsincity4424 7 years ago

I know this family who has flowers from his funeral pressed in a book and funeral program. A Christmas Story or Great Expectations the book was printed 1839 or 1843. I held them with gloves on. The things you remember. And the things forget!

@neillenhart6838 7 years ago

The real hero in this story is his wife, 10 kids. Sounds like he really gave her the Dickens.

@Nipplator99999999999 7 years ago

I always write the end first, editing as needed, and then tell the story, I figure that an ending without any beginning isn't very engaging, but the beginning and climax absent the conclusion, will drive you insane.

@zmanjace1364 7 years ago

Debtors prison is without a doubt one of the dumbest concept in history. "I want my money that you owe me so I'm going to lock you up until you give it to me. I dont care if it's impossible for you to earn it. You owe me money!"