DICKENS FACTFILE.

Charles Dickens. 1812 - 1870.

There are lots of Dickens' sites on the internet as this writer has a world-wide appeal. One of the biggest sites on Charles Dickens is based in Japan.

Although he is still one of England's most famous novelists and one of the greatest figures of Victorian culture many people don't realise that Dickens' work involved far more than just novels. He was also:

• a journalist
• an actor
• a political campaigner
• a travel writer
• a publisher.

Go on via the 'contents' links or the 'forward' button to read a bit about this amazing writer's life.

Image of Little Nell from 'The Old Curiosity Shop'. Click on the image to see a larger version as this original Victorian line-drawing is very detailed.

Contents

• Early life
• Troubled times for the Dickens family
• Early journalism
• First fiction, 'Dinner at Poplar Walk'
• Serialisation
• The influence of the theatre
• Dickens' death
• Works
• Links

• "The Signal-man"