1854. 

“Born on February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens was the second of eight children in a family burdened with financial troubles… 

When Dickens was in his late thirties, his social criticism became biting, his humor dark, and his view of poverty darker still.  

David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, and Our Mutual Friend are the great works of his prolific later period.”

The world of Charles Dickens begins with the 1811 publishing of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, arguably the first modern English novel.  

I don’t think I’ve ever actually read anything by Charles Dickens.  Although of course I’m familiar with the plot of A Christmas Carol, which has been featured in many cartoons.  One involving Scrooge McDuck.  

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