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When did Charles Dickens begin publishing stories and essays in newspapers?

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Portrait of Charles Dickens seated at a desk, writing with a quill pen, dressed in a suit with a bow tie. — Charles Dickens English novelist Charles Dickens working at his craft. Dickens published some of most beloved novels in English literature, including *A Christmas Carol*, *A Tale of Two Cities*, and *Great Expectations*.

Charles Dickens began contributing stories and descriptive essays to magazines and newspapers in 1833. These early works gained enough attention that they were later collected and published as Sketches by “Boz” in February 1836.1