Charles Dickens: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Charles John Huffam Dickens
Born	February 7, 1812 • Portsmouth • England
Died	June 9, 1870 (aged 58) • Chatham • England
Notable Works	“A Christmas Carol” • “A Tale of Two Cities” • “All the Year Round” • “American Notes” • “Barnaby Rudge” • “Bleak House” • “David Copperfield” • “Dombey and Son” • “Great Expectations” • “Hard Times” • “Little Dorrit” • “Martin Chuzzlewit” • “Nicholas Nickleby” • “Oliver Twist” • “Our Mutual Friend” • “Sketches by ‘Boz’ ” • “The Cricket on the Hearth” • “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” • “The Old Curiosity Shop” • “The Pickwick Papers”
Movement / Style	realism