Charles Dickens bibliography
The bibliography of Charles Dickens (1812–1870) includes more than a dozen major novels, many short stories (including Christmas-themed stories and ghost stories and baby stories), several plays, several non-fiction books, and individual essays and articles. Dickens's novels were serialized initially in weekly or monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats. Notable works by Charles Dickens. Letters. Editing and publication of Dickens's letters started in 1949 when publisher Rupert Hart-Davis persuaded Humphry House of Wadham College, Oxford, to edit a complete edition of the letters. House died suddenly aged 46 in 1955 . However, the work continued, and by 2002 Volume 12 had been published. The letters are collected chronologically; thus volume 1 covers the years 1820-1839; volume 2, 1840-1841; volume 3, 1842-1843; volume 4, 1844-1846; volume 5, 1847-1849; volume 6, 1850-1852; volume 7, 1853-1855; volume 8, 1856-1858; volume 9, 1859-1861; volume 10, 1862-1864; volume 11, 1865-1867; and volume 12, 1868-1870.