Surname: Dickens Forename(s): Charles John Huffam b. 7 February 1812. d. 8 June 1870. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Major Victorian novelist, journalist, and editor. Pseudonym: “Boz.” Credited with
publishing the first serial novel, The Pickwick Papers, issued in monthly illustrated instalments from 1836 to 1837. Editor of Household Words and All the Year Round. Novels include Bleak House (1852-1853), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-1861), Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865), all first published in serial instalments. Biographical information:
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