Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was one of the most renowned and influential writers of the 19th century Victorian era in England. Born in 1812 in Portsmouth, his early years were marked by hardship when his father was imprisoned for debt, forcing young Charles to work at a shoe-polish factory to help provide for his struggling family.
After finishing school, Dickens worked as a legal clerk and then taught himself shorthand so he could pursue a career in journalism. His first published stories and sketches of London life appeared in newspapers in the early 1830s when Dickens was in his early 20s.
His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, became wildly popular and within a few years, Dickens was internationally famous. He continued writing prolifically to critical acclaim. Over the span of his career, Dickens authored more than a dozen major novels highlighted by classics like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. His unique writing was bursting with imagination, unforgettable characters, humor, and keen observations of society and class divisions in Victorian-era England.
Beyond his fiction, Dickens was a tireless champion for social reform and used both his writing and his public prominence to advocate for the poor. From his books to his activism, Dickens had an unmatched influence during his lifetime and remains one of the towering icons of English literature even 150 years after his death in 1870 at the age of 58. The timeless inventiveness of his storytelling cemented Dickens’ legacy as one of the world’s literary giants.
Here is a list of Charles Dickens’ stories:
- What Christmas is as We Grow Older by Charles Dickens
- THE GHOST OF ART by Charles Dickens
- The Christmas Goblins by Charles Dickens
- The Black Veil by Charles Dickens
- MARLEY’S GHOST by Charles Dickens
- A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
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The Christmas Goblins by Charles Dickens
The Christmas Goblins by Charles Dickens In an old abbey town, a long, long while ago there officiated as sexton and gravedigger in the churchyard one Gabriel Grubb. He was an ill conditioned cross-grained, surly fellow, who consorted with nobody but himself and an old wicker-bottle which fitted into his large, deep waistcoat pocket. A…
MARLEY’S GHOST by Charles Dickens
MARLEY’S GHOST by Charles Dickens Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to….
A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table, and towered high above their heads. It was brilliantly lighted by a multitude of little…
THE GHOST OF ART by Charles Dickens
THE GHOST OF ART by Charles Dickens I AM a bachelor, residing in rather a dreary set of chambers in the Temple. They are situated in a square court of high houses, which would be a complete well, but for the want of water and the absence of a bucket. I live at the top…
The Black Veil by Charles Dickens
The Black Veil One winter’s evening, towards the close of the year 1800, or within a year or two of that time, a young medical practitioner, recently established in business, was seated by a cheerful fire in his little parlor, listening to the wind which was beating the rain in pattering drops against the window…