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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

aka C. Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Dickens, Boz

1812 CE – 1870 CE·Victorian Era·Historical

Greatest Victorian novelist. Created enduring characters - Oliver Twist, Scrooge, David Copperfield, Miss Havisham, Pip. Social critic exposing poverty, child labor, workhouses, debtors' prisons (father imprisoned). Serialized novels revolutionized publishing. A Christmas Carol (1843) transformed Christmas traditions. Journalist, actor, public reader. Died at peak fame, buried Westminster Abbey.

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Creator Interpretation Matrix(6 Records)
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1838 · Book
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Documented Appearances
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Oliver Twist
1838·Book·Charles Dickens
ComplexQ164974
A Christmas Carol
1843·Book·Charles Dickens
ComplexQ62879
Bleak House
1853·Book·Charles Dickens
ComplexQ831240
Hard Times
1854·Book·Charles Dickens
ComplexQ193023
A Tale of Two Cities
1859·Book·Charles Dickens
NeutralQ308918
Great Expectations
1861·Book·Charles Dickens
ComplexQ219552
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Wikidata Q5686
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