Charles John Haffem Dickens

1. Charles John Haffem Dickens (7.02.1812-9.06.1870)

the most famous
English writer, novelist
and essayist of his time

2. Literary career

Dickens found himself primarily as a reporter. The direction of his
work is realism and the genre is a novel. Dickens' first moral
descriptions, which he called «Bose's Essays», were printed in
1836. Dickens expected great success in the same year after the
release of the chapters of his «The Posthumous Papers of the
Pickwick Club». Two years later, Dickens performed with «Oliver
Twist» and «Nicholas Nickleby».
In 1843, A «Christmas Carol» was released, followed by «The
Chimes»,
«The Cricket on the Hearth», «The Battle of Life», «The Haunted
Man».
At the same time, Dickens became editor-in-chief of the «Daily
News». In this newspaper, he got the opportunity to express his
socio-political views.

3. Later works

The novel «Little Dorrit» (18551857) was followed by Dickens's
historical novel «A Tale of Two
Cities» (1859), dedicated to the
French Revolution. «Great
Expectations» (1861), a novel
with biographical features,
belong to the same time. He
described his dark thoughts in
the detective novel «The
Mystery of Edwin Drood».

4. After death

Dickens' fame continued to grow after his death.
He was turned into a real idol of English
literature. His name began to be called next to
the name of Shakespeare, his popularity in
England in the 1880-1890s. eclipsed the fame of
Byron. Dickens gained primarily the fame of the
jolly writer of jolly old England.

5. Memory

• A crater on Mercury is named in honor of Dickens.
• On the 150th anniversary of the writer's birth, the USSR postage
stamp (1962) was issued.
• A portrait of Dickens was posted on an English 10-pound banknote
from 1993-2000.
• On the occasion of Dickens’s 200th birthday, the Royal Mint of Great
Britain is issuing a two-pound commemorative coin with a portrait
of Dickens, composed of lines with the names of his works, from
Oliver Twist to David Copperfield and Great Expectations.
• In London, there is the Charles Dickens Museum House “Charles
Dickens Museum”.
• In 2012, it was decided to erect a monument on the main square of
Portsmouth. The monument was unveiled on June 9, 2013 by
Martin Jaggins.