Dickens, CHARLES

1812-1870. English novelist; founder of Household Words, 1850, and All the Year Round, 1859. His first book was Sketches by Boz, 1836; most of the others came out in serial form. Pickwick, 1837, made him famous. Then came Oliver Twist, 1838; Nicholas Nickle by, 1839; Old Curiosity Shop, 1840; Barnaby Rudge, 1841; American Notes, 1842; Martin Chuzzlewit, 1843. His later works are in a more serious vein: Dombey and Son, 1847; David Copper field, 1850; Bleak House, IMG:content-1154.jpg:[merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]