Dickens
CHARLES, an English novelist; born in Landport, Portsea, Feb. 7, 1812. Early in life the law was selected as his future profession, but the office worried him, and removing to London he became a reporter of Parliamentary debates for the "Morning Chronicle" newspaper.
To this journal he presently contributed a series To this journal he presently contributed off the social characteristics of English middle and low class life. In 1836, under the title of "Tales and Sketches by Boz" the papers The were published in two volumes. production of the celebrated "Pickwick Papers," in the year following (1837), him as an author of a peculiarly original cast of genius.
A long and brilliant series of successes followed. His works include: "Sketches 1835-1836); "Pickwick Papers" (1837); "Oliver Twist" (1838-1839); a weekly issue in periodical form, comprising among others the installments of "Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barna- American Notes" (1842); tin Chuzzlewit" (1844) ; "The Chimes" "A Christmas Carol" (1843) ; "Mar- (1844); "The Cricket on the Hearth" "The Battle of Life" (1846) "Dom- (1845) "Pictures from Italy" (1846); Man" (1848); "Da bey and Son" (1848 Man" (1848) "David Copperfield" bey and Son" (1848) "The Haunted " David Copperfield " (1850); "Bleak House" (1853); "Α Child's History of England" (1854) "Hard Times" (1854) ; "Little Dorrit" CHARLES DICKENS (1857); "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859); "Great Expectations" (1861) ; "Our Mu- Edwin Drood" (1870), unfinished; and tual Friend" (1865) ; "The Mystery of many short pieces and humorous essays, Hill Place, near Rochester (England), stories, and sketches. He died in Gad's June 9, 1870.