This profile celebrates the life and works of Charles Dickens. All works listed here are in the public domain. This profile is maintained by Wattpad.

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.
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Stories by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (1837) by CharlesDickens
Oliver Twist (1837)
The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is plac...
David Copperfield (1850) by CharlesDickens
David Copperfield (1850)
The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David was born in Blunderstone, Su...
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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by CharlesDickens
A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leadi...