Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870), pen-name “Boz”, was a cherished English novelist, whom many regard as the most important of the Victorian era. During his lifetime Dickens is viewed as a popular entertainer of fecund imagination, while later critics championed his mastery of prose, his endless invention of memorable characters, and his powerful social sensibilities. The popularity of his novels and short stories during his lifetime and to the present is demonstrated by the fact that none of them has ever gone out of print. Dickens played a major role in popularizing the serialized novel.

Children

His ten children by Catherine Thompson Hogarth were:

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• Charles Culliford Boz Dickens (6 January, 1837 - 1896).
• Mary Angela Dickens (6 March, 1838 - 1896).
• Kate Macready Dickens (29 October, 1839 - 1929).
• Walter Landor Dickens (8 February, 1841 - 1861).
• Francis Jeffrey Dickens (15 January, 1844 - 1886).
• Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (28 October, 1845 - 1912).
• Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (18 April, 1847 - 1872).
• Henry Fielding Dickens (15 January, 1849 - 1933).
• Dora Annie Dickens (16 August, 1850 - April, 1851).
• Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (13 March, 1852 - 1902).