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CharlesDickens,MyfavoriteEnglishwriter,BriefIntroduction,CharlesJohnHuffamDickens(7February18129June1870)wasanEnglishnovelist,generallyconsideredthegreatestoftheVictorianperiod.Dickensenjoyedawiderpopularityandfamethanhadanypreviousauthorduringhislifetime,andheremainspopular,havingbeenresponsibleforsomeofEnglishliteraturesmosticonicnovelsandcharacters.,Manyofhiswritingswereoriginallypublishedserially,inmonthlyinstalmentsorparts,aformatofpublicationwhichDickenshimselfhelpedpopulariseatthattime.Unlikeotherauthorswhocompletedentirenovelsbeforeserialisation,Dickensoftencreatedtheepisodesastheywerebeingserialised.Thepracticelenthisstoriesaparticularrhythm,punctuatedbycliffhangerstokeepthepubliclookingforwardtothenextinstalment.Thecontinuingpopularityofhisnovelsandshortstoriesissuchthattheyhavenevergoneoutofprint.,Dickensworkhasbeenhighlypraisedforitsrealism,comedy,masteryofprose,uniquepersonalitiesandconcernforsocialreformbywriterssuchasLeoTolstoy,GeorgeGissingandG.K.Chesterton;thoughothers,suchasHenryJamesandVirginiaWoolf,havecriticiseditforsentimentalityandimplausibility.,Portsmouth,Hampshire,9,Poorquarter,Familyindebt,prisonfordebt,12,blackingFactory,happiesttime,restartedschooling,alawyersoffice,15,shorthand,theBritishMuseumLibrary,parliamentaryreporter,writingcareer,CharlesDickensisaproductivewriter.Hisnovel博兹札记（SketchesbyBoz）1836年匹克威克外传（ThePickwickPapers）1836年雾都孤儿（OliverTwist）1837年1839年尼古拉斯尼克贝（NicholasNickleby）1838年1839年老古玩店（TheOldCuriosityShop）1840年1841年巴纳比拉奇（BarnabyRudge）1841年美国纪行（AmericanNotes）1842年小气财神（AChristmasCarol）1843年马丁翟述伟（MartinChuzzlewit）1843年1844年,ProductiveWriter,大卫科波菲尔（DavidCopperfield）1849年1850年写给孩子看的英国历史（AChildsHistoryofEngland）1851年1853年荒凉山庄（BleakHouse）1852年1853年艰难时世（HardTimes）1854年小杜丽（LittleDorrit）1855年1857年双城记（ATaleofTwoCities）1859年远大前程（GreatExpectations）1860年1861年我们共同的朋友（OurMutualFriend）1864年1865年艾德温德鲁德之谜（TheMysteryofEdwinDrood）未完成，1870年,SomeIntroductionofHisWork,OliverTwist;or,TheParishBoysProgressisthesecondnovelbyEnglishauthorCharlesDickens,publishedbyRichardBentleyin1838.ThestoryisaboutanorphanOliverTwist,whoenduresamiserableexistenceinaworkhouseandthenisplacedwithanundertaker.HeescapesandtravelstoLondonwherehemeetstheArtfulDodger,leaderofagangofjuvenilepickpockets.OliverisledtothelairoftheirelderlycriminaltrainerFagin,naivelyunawareoftheirunlawfulactivities.,ATaleofTwoCities(1859)isanovelbyCharlesDickens,setinLondonandParisbeforeandduringth