Charles Dickens
Born
in Portsmouth, England
February 07, 1812
Died
June 09, 1870
Genre
Influences
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A Tale of Two Cities
9289 editions
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published
1859
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A Christmas Carol
9903 editions
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published
1843
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Great Expectations
3159 editions
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published
1860
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Oliver Twist
7358 editions
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published
1838
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David Copperfield
3947 editions
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published
1850
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Bleak House
2022 editions
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published
1853
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Hard Times
3370 editions
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published
1854
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A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth
by
213 editions
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published
1843
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Little Dorrit
551 editions
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published
1857
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Nicholas Nickleby
1581 editions
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published
1839
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“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
Polls
1st Quarter 2018 Long Read Poll
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 1849, 974 pages
The Arabian Nights, 800, 1049 pages
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847, 867 pages
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 1946, 661 pages
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, 1913, 654 pages
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 1985, 945 pages
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925, 859 pages
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353, 909 pages
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas, 1845, 788 pages
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, 1767, 784 pages
From Here to Eternity by James Jones, 1951, 816 pages
The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, 1921, 752 pages
Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens, 1948, 614 pages
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady, 1748, 1534 pages
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