Interesting facts

Charles Dickens is one of the most famous writers of all time with his books having been read by countless literature fans and English students throughout the world for over 150 years. But, how much do you know about the man behind the words? Dickens' life was the best of times at the height of his fame and the worst of times during his childhood. Find out all the details about Charles Dickens and his unusual life and how this influenced his books in our 10 fascinating facts about Charles Dickens...

Literary style

Literary style

Dickens favoured the style of the 18th-century picaresque novels that he found in abundance on his father's shelves. According to Ackroyd, other than these, perhaps the most important literary influence on him was derived from the fables of The Arabian Nights.

Dickens's Dream by Robert William Buss, portraying Dickens at his desk at Gads Hill Place surrounded by many of his characters

Links

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Books

As we know Charles Dickens wrote a lot of articles. So you can see the ilustrations of his books.

Pictures

There are a lot of beutiful pictures of Charles Dickens.

Christmas carol

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech.

Notable works

Notable works

Dickens published well over a dozen major novels and novellas, a large number of short stories, including a number of Christmas-themed stories, a handful of plays, and several non-fiction books. Dickens's novels were initially serialised in weekly and monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats.