Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Portrait by Jeremiah Gurney, c. 1867–1868

Born	Charles John Huffam Dickens

7 February 1812

Portsmouth, England

Died	9 June 1870 (aged 58)

Higham, Kent, England

Resting place	Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, England

51°29′57″N 00°07′39″W﻿ / ﻿51.49917°N 0.12750°W

Occupation	Writer

Notable works	

The Pickwick Papers

Oliver Twist

Nicholas Nickleby

A Christmas Carol

David Copperfield

Bleak House

Little Dorrit

A Tale of Two Cities

Great Expectations

Spouse	

Catherine Thomson Hogarth

(m. 1836; sep. 1858)​

Partner	Ellen Ternan (1857–1870, his death)

Children	

Charles Dickens Jr.

Mary Dickens

Kate Perugini

Walter Landor Dickens

Francis Dickens

Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens

Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens

Henry Fielding Dickens

Dora Annie Dickens

Edward Dickens

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Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 Ko'oro ŋmarega 1812 – 9 Naaki'isega ŋmarega 1870) e na n yuum de solemiini gɔngulesa la social critic e maale tingɔŋɔ la yɛlasi'a zo'e zo'e la nɛresɛka n tune  fictional tuuma la ŋwana ti ba dikɛ n pa'asɛ nɛresɛka n de nɛrekãreba gee lagum gulese novelist duma Victorian era saŋa.A tuuma yuum  enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.