- Born: February 7, 1812 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - Death: June 9, 1870. - Charles Dickens’s father was a Clerk. - His fiction career began with short pieces reprinted as Sketches by “Boz” (1836). - Boz' was the pseudonym of Charles Dickens. - He was considered the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. - Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity during his lifetime than had any previous author.
Best Works:
- A Christmas Carol, - David Copperfield, - Bleak House, - A Tale of Two Cities, - Great Expectations, and - Our Mutual Friend.