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Charles Dickens
Explore English novelist Charles Dickens's early Victorian era and literature with Clifton Fadiman
Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles: A Christmas Carol illustration of David Copperfield
Watch dramatized scenes of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations with literary commentary by Clifton Fadiman
Watch dramatized scenes of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations with literary commentary by Clifton Fadiman
Bleak House Great Expectations Charles Dickens Charles Dickens's final public reading Dickens, Charles Charles Dickens Martita Hunt (Miss Havisham) and Anthony Wager (Pip) in the 1946 film version of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. A Christmas Carol Uriah Heep and David Copperfield in an illustration of David Copperfield Theatrical Emotion of Mr. Vincent Crummles, coloured steel engraving by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) for Chapter 30 (“Festivities are held in honour of Nicholas, who suddenly withdraws himself from the Society of Mr. Vincent Crummles and his Theatrical Companions”) of Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby. Our Mutual Friend Samuel Pickwick sliding on a sheet of ice; illustration by Hablot Knight Browne for Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1836–37).
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Dickens, Charles
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Explore English novelist Charles Dickens's early Victorian era and literature with Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman examining the inspiration Charles Dickens's work took from the milieu...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch dramatized scenes of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations with literary commentary by Clifton Fadiman
Editor and anthologist Clifton Fadiman introducing dramatized scenes from Dickens's...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch dramatized scenes of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations with literary commentary by Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman providing a critical interpretation of the story and probing more...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Learn about Charles Dickens and his contributions to the serial publication genre
J.E. Luebering, director of Encyclopædia Britannica's Core Reference Group, discussing...
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Learn about five English authors who are representative of Victorian literature
J.E. Luebering, director of Encyclopædia Britannica's Core Editorial Group, discussing...
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens.
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Dickens, Charles
Charles Dickens.
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Oliver Twist
Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Corney, illustration by George Cruikshank for Charles Dickens's...
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Dickens, Charles: A Christmas Carol
Illustration from an undated edition of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
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illustration of David Copperfield
Illustration by Hablot Knight Browne from the first edition of David Copperfield....
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Bleak House
Lady Dedlock entertaining a visit from her lawyer, Tulkinghorn (left); illustration...
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Great Expectations
Joe Gargery (left) gazing upon a man whom he has struck while his brother-in-law...
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens.
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Charles Dickens's final public reading
An engraving showing Charles Dickens in March 1870 at his last public reading.
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Dickens, Charles
Charles Dickens.
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens.
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Martita Hunt (Miss Havisham) and Anthony Wager (Pip) in the 1946 film version of...
© 1946 Universal International Pictures; photograph from a private collection
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge (right) and the Ghost of Christmas Present, illustration from an...
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Uriah Heep and David Copperfield in an illustration of David Copperfield
An illustration by Frederick Barnard from Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield...
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Theatrical Emotion of Mr. Vincent Crummles, coloured steel engraving by...
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Our Mutual Friend
An illustration from Our Mutual Friend (1864–65) by Charles Dickens. The...
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (The Continental Press, New York)
Samuel Pickwick sliding on a sheet of ice; illustration by Hablot Knight Browne for...
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