CHARLES DICKENS 

 

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian Period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school to work in a factory after his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms

 

LITERARY STYLE 

Dickens's style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic touch. His satire on the snobbery of the British aristocracy, he called one of his characters' The Noble Refrigerator "- are often popular. Comparisons of orphans with shareholders or diners with furniture are some of his most acclaimed ironies.

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