Dickens, Charles John Huffam
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Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812–70). Novelist, born at Portsea, Portsmouth. His father's transfers to Chatham and ultimately to London were to influence the settings of his work. A fictionalized Chatham, its neighbouring city of Rochester, and the landscapes around them figure prominently in
Pickwick Papers,
Great Expectations, and in the unfinished
The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It was, however, London which became the main focus of Dickens's work. It figures as an often confusing and exhilarating setting for the earlier fiction, but, from
Bleak House (1852–3) onwards, London seems to assume a new darkness, mystery, and drabness. Dickens used his popularity to campaign for the reform of British institutions (e.g. the 1834 Poor Law, the prison system, the civil service, the law). In his
American Notes (1842) he gave a vivid account of his visit to the USA, which offended many Americans.
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Profile: Gerald Charles Dickens performs a one-man version of "A Christmas Carol"
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/24/2001; ; 700+ words
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Jenny Hartley. Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women.(Book review)
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Charles Dickens, The Letters of Charles Dickens.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; Charles Dickens, The Letters of Charles Dickens, The Pilgrim Edition: Volume Eight, 1856-1858, ed. Graham Storey and Kathleen Tillotson (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995), xxvii + 807 pp., $150 cloth. The monumental edition of Dickens...
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Unequal Partners: Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Victorian Authorship
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Collected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens.(Collected Works of George Gissing on Charles Dickens: Essays, Introductions and Reviews, vol. 1)(Charles Dickens: A Critical Study, vol. 2)(Abridgement of Forster's Life of Dickens, vol. 3)(Book review)
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A Companion to Charles Dickens.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Dickens Quarterly; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
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Smiley, Jane. Charles Dickens.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; SMILEY, JANE. Charles Dickens. New York: Viking Press, 2002...At only 212 pages, Smiley's Charles Dickens--volume 21 in the Penguin Lives...to explain rather than subvert. Charles Dickens, she observes, "was a phenomenon...
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Charles Dickens
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Charles Dickens 1812-70, English author, b. Portsmouth, one of the world...Edwin Drood, unfinished. His grave is in Westminster Abbey. Dickens's Genius Charles Dickens is one of the giants of English literature. He wrote from his...
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Charles John Huffam Dickens
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Charles John Huffam Dickens The English author Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was, and probably still is, the...his "dark" novels than for his humorous works. Charles Dickens was born on Feb. 7, 1812, at Port-sea (later...
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Dickens, Charles
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Charles Dickens Born: February 7, 1812Portsea...novelist, and journalist English author Charles Dickens continues to be one of the most widely...of England, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. Charles was the second born of eight children...
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Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) The great novelist Charles Dickens, born on February 7, 1812, had a keen interest...together in 1874 as The Mystery of Edwin Drood, with Charles Dickens given as the author. Spiritualists the world over...
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Dickens, Charles John Huffam
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812–70...between 1837 and 1844, and those who saw Dickens in his many amateur appearances thought...before they were seen at the Olympic, and Dickens also collaborated with Collins in the...
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