Charles Dickens.

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JOHN GALINDO

Charles John Huffam Dickens

CHARLES DICKENS• 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.

BORN• February 7th 1812

Landport, Portsmouth,Hampshire, England

DIED• 9 June 1870 (aged 58)

Gad's Hill Place, Higham,Kent, England

Journalism and early

novelsFirst visit

to The United States

Philanthropy

Second visit to the

United States

LIFE

Early years

Middle years

Last years

Death

Autobiographical elements

Literary techniques

Social commentary

LITERARY

STYLE

Characters

Episodic writing

Reception

Influence and legacy

A Christmas Carol1843

David CopperfieldMonthly serial, May 1849 to November

1850

"The Lamplighter" (1838)

"What Christmas is, as We Grow Older"

(1851)

NOTABLE WORKS

Novels

Short storiesChristm

as short stories

CHARLES DICKENS

OLIVER TWIST

EBENEZER SCROOGE

when you've found it, write it.

CHARLES DICKENS

no one is useless in this world, who lightens the burden of it for any else.

Nadie es inútil en este mundo, que aligera la carga del mismo por cualquier cosa.

The man never knows what he's capable of until you try.

Oliver Twist

EBENEZER SCROOGE

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