Dickens, Charles

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century English author. His works include A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and numerous other novels. He created many memorable characters, including Bob Cratchit, Fagin, Jacob Marley, Samuel Pickwick, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Tiny Tim. Dickens, a man of keen social conscience, used his books to portray the suffering of the working class at the time of the Industrial Revolution.

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Example Sentences

She left it to Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, Charles Dickens' sixth son, stipulating that it must not be published until after his death.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dickens, Charles, 69, 82-90; his life, 82-85; and George Colman, 83; his public readings, 85; his characters, 86-88; his humour and pathos, 88-89; 262.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh

Dickens, Charles, made his first appearance amongst us at a Polytechnic Conversazione held February 28, 1844, his last visit being to distribute prizes to students of the Midland Institute, January 6, 1870.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.

Dickens, Charles, his “Nicholas Nickleby” as an exposition, 5; description from his “David Copperfield” quoted, 65;quotations from Mr. Micawber’s conversation, 253.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

Dickens, Charles,   his manner suggested in "House of the Seven Gables".

From Nathaniel Hawthorne by Woodberry, George Edward