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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic novels and characters.Many of his writings were originally published serially, in...

Timeline of Events

1854

4.1.1854

''Hard Times'' begins serialisation in Charles Dickens' magazine, ''Household Words''.

1859

7.11.1859

''A Tale of Two Cities'' by Charles Dickens is published.

1867

12.2.1867

At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

1978

2.11.1978

Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.