About Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens has produced some of the most memorable writings in the English language, including such well known works as "A Christmas Carol", "Sketches by Boz", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Oliver Twist", "David Copperfield", "Great Expectations", and "The Pickwick Papers".
Dickens is famous for the characters he created and his descriptions. A man of tremendous energy, he spent hours a day walking the London streets from which his characters and scenes came.
Novels
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1837)
aka The Pickwick Papers
The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1838)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1839)
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty (1841)
Master Humphrey's Clock (1841)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
A Christmas Carol (1843)
aka Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
The Chimes (1844)
aka A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)
aka A Fancy for Christmas-Time
Dombey and Son (1848)
David Copperfield (1850)
Bleak House (1853)
Hard Times: For These Times (1854)
Little Dorrit (1857)
A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
The Uncommercial Traveller (1860)
Great Expectations (1861)
Our Mutual Friend (1865)
No Thoroughfare (1867) (with Wilkie Collins)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (1890) (with Wilkie Collins)
aka The Pickwick Papers
The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1838)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1839)
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty (1841)
Master Humphrey's Clock (1841)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
A Christmas Carol (1843)
aka Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
The Chimes (1844)
aka A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)
aka A Fancy for Christmas-Time
Dombey and Son (1848)
David Copperfield (1850)
Bleak House (1853)
Hard Times: For These Times (1854)
Little Dorrit (1857)
A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
The Uncommercial Traveller (1860)
Great Expectations (1861)
Our Mutual Friend (1865)
No Thoroughfare (1867) (with Wilkie Collins)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (1890) (with Wilkie Collins)
Omnibus
The Griffin and the Minor Canon / The Magic Fishbone (1960) (with Frank Stockton)
The Christmas Books (1971)
A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol (1984)
American Notes / Master Humphrey's Clock / Life of Dickens (1984)
Barnaby Rudge / The Uncommercial Traveller (1985)
Miscellaneous Papers and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986)
The Old Curiosity Shop and A Child's History of England (1988)
Oliver Twist / Great Expectations (1989)
Charles Dickens 3 Boxed Set (2004)
The Christmas Books (1971)
A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol (1984)
American Notes / Master Humphrey's Clock / Life of Dickens (1984)
Barnaby Rudge / The Uncommercial Traveller (1985)
Miscellaneous Papers and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986)
The Old Curiosity Shop and A Child's History of England (1988)
Oliver Twist / Great Expectations (1989)
Charles Dickens 3 Boxed Set (2004)
Collections
Sketches by Boz (1836)
Boots at the Holly-tree Inn: And Other Stories (1858)
Reprinted Pieces (1861)
The Haunted House (1862) (with Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adeliade Proctor, George Sala and Hesba Setton)
The Mudfog Papers (1880)
aka Mudfog and Other Sketches
To Be Read At Dusk (1898)
A Christmas Carol and Other Haunting Tales (1961)
Christmas Stories (1971)
Complete Plays and Selected Poems (poems) (1974)
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens (1982)
The Signalman: And Other Ghost Stories (1984)
Christmas Tales (1988)
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories (1992)
An Audience with Charles Dickens (1996)
Best Ghost Stories (1997)
Ghostly Christmas (2004)
Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens (2006)
Boots at the Holly-tree Inn: And Other Stories (1858)
Reprinted Pieces (1861)
The Haunted House (1862) (with Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adeliade Proctor, George Sala and Hesba Setton)
The Mudfog Papers (1880)
aka Mudfog and Other Sketches
To Be Read At Dusk (1898)
A Christmas Carol and Other Haunting Tales (1961)
Christmas Stories (1971)
Complete Plays and Selected Poems (poems) (1974)
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens (1982)
The Signalman: And Other Ghost Stories (1984)
Christmas Tales (1988)
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories (1992)
An Audience with Charles Dickens (1996)
Best Ghost Stories (1997)
Ghostly Christmas (2004)
Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens (2006)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
American Notes: For General Circulation (1842)
Pictures from Italy (1846)
The Life of Our Lord: As written for his children (1849)
A Child's History of England (1853)
Speeches, Letters and Sayings (1870)
Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins (1982) (see Wilkie Collins)
Dicken's Dictionary of London 1888 (1993)
Pictures from Italy (1846)
The Life of Our Lord: As written for his children (1849)
A Child's History of England (1853)
Speeches, Letters and Sayings (1870)
Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins (1982) (see Wilkie Collins)
Dicken's Dictionary of London 1888 (1993)
Anthologies containing stories by Charles Dickens
A Century of Humour (1925)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
Hauntings and Horror: The Supernatural Omnibus Volume 1 (1931)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen and Illustrated by Edward Gorey (1959)
The Arrow Book of Horror Stories (1961)
Spine Chillers (1961)
The Frankenstein Reader (1962)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons (1967)
London Tales of Terror (1972)
Victorian Tales of Terror (1972)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
A Little Night Reading (1974)
Classic Tales of Horror (1976)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
Black Water (1984)
Devilish Doings (1985)
Great Short Stories of the World (1986)
Tales of the Dark (1987)
Gaslit Nightmares (1988)
Horror Stories (1988)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume One (1988)
Classic Ghost Stories II (1990)
The Open Door: And Other Ghost Stories (1990)
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (1993)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
Hauntings and Horror: The Supernatural Omnibus Volume 1 (1931)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen and Illustrated by Edward Gorey (1959)
The Arrow Book of Horror Stories (1961)
Spine Chillers (1961)
The Frankenstein Reader (1962)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons (1967)
London Tales of Terror (1972)
Victorian Tales of Terror (1972)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
A Little Night Reading (1974)
Classic Tales of Horror (1976)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
Black Water (1984)
Devilish Doings (1985)
Great Short Stories of the World (1986)
Tales of the Dark (1987)
Gaslit Nightmares (1988)
Horror Stories (1988)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume One (1988)
Classic Ghost Stories II (1990)
The Open Door: And Other Ghost Stories (1990)
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (1993)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
Short stories
| The Black Veil (1836) | |||
| The Drunkard's Death (1836) | |||
| The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (1836) | |||
| The Pickwick Papers (excerpt) (1837) | |||
| The Story of the Bagman's Uncle (1837) | |||
| The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (1837) | |||
| The Trial from Pickwick (1837) | |||
| A Christmas Carol (1843) | |||
| The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848) | |||
| A Christmas Tree (1850) | |||
| What Christmas Is as We Grow Older (1851) | |||
| The Child's Story (1852) | |||
| The Poor Relation's Story (1852) | |||
| The Schoolboy's Story (1853) | |||
| The Seven Poor Travellers (1854) | |||
| The Holly-Tree (1855) | |||
| The Wreck of the Golden Mary (1856) | |||
| The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (1857) | |||
| The Perils of Certain English Prisoners (1857) | |||
| Going Into Society (1858) | |||
| The Haunted House (1859) | |||
| Hunted Down (1859) | |||
| Captain Murderer (1860) | |||
| The Devil and Mr Chips (1860) | |||
| A Message from the Sea (1860) | |||
| The Rat That Could Speak (1860) | |||
| Tom Tiddler's Ground (1861) | |||
| Somebody's Luggage (1862) | |||
| Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings (1863) | |||
| Mrs Lirriper's Legacy (1864) | |||
| Doctor Marigold (1865) | |||
| To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt (1865) | |||
| The Trial for Murder (1865) | |||
| Mugby Junction (1866) | |||
| No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman (1866) | |||
| The Signal-Man (1866) | |||
| The Signalman (1866) | |||
| No Thoroughfare (1867) | |||
| The Hanged Man's Bride | |||
| Horatio Sparkins | |||
| Mrs Gamp | |||
| Mrs. Joseph Porter | |||
| Nobody's Story | |||
| Nurse's Stories | |||
| The Queer Client | |||
| Sentiment | |||
| Sikes and Nancy |
Books about Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1903) by G K Chesterton and F G Kitton
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens (1911) by G K Chesterton
A Child's Journey with Dickens (1912) by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Charles Dickens and Other Victorians (1925) by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Dickens (1934) by André Maurois
Charles Dickens and His World (1961) by J B Priestley
Dickens' England (1970) by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
The World of Charles Dickens (1970) by Angus Wilson
On Dickens (1989) by G K Chesterton
Dickens (1990) by Peter Ackroyd
Oliver Twist : The Official Companion to the ITV Drama Series (1999) by Tom McGregor
Charles Dickens (2002) by Jane Smiley
The Mystery of Charles Dickens (2002) by Peter Ackroyd
Dickens: His Work and His World (2005) by Michael Rosen
What's So Special About Dickens? (2007) by Michael Rosen
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens (1911) by G K Chesterton
A Child's Journey with Dickens (1912) by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Charles Dickens and Other Victorians (1925) by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Dickens (1934) by André Maurois
Charles Dickens and His World (1961) by J B Priestley
Dickens' England (1970) by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
The World of Charles Dickens (1970) by Angus Wilson
On Dickens (1989) by G K Chesterton
Dickens (1990) by Peter Ackroyd
Oliver Twist : The Official Companion to the ITV Drama Series (1999) by Tom McGregor
Charles Dickens (2002) by Jane Smiley
The Mystery of Charles Dickens (2002) by Peter Ackroyd
Dickens: His Work and His World (2005) by Michael Rosen
What's So Special About Dickens? (2007) by Michael Rosen
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