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    • Chuzzlewit, Anthony

    • Chuzzlewit, Anthony

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in monthly parts, January 1843-July 1844, as Charles Dickens' sixth novel. The novel was not as successful as earlier novels, although Dickens thought it was best of his stories to that point. Dickens' 1842 trip to...
    • Finching, Flora

    • Finching, Flora

    • circa 1887-1957

    • Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
    • Bar

    • Bar

    • circa 1887-1947

    • Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
    • F.'s Aunt, Mr.

    • F.'s Aunt, Mr.

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
    • F.'s Aunt Mr.

    • F.'s Aunt Mr.

    • circa 1887-1945

    • Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
    • Boundery, Josiah

    • Boundery, Josiah

    • circa 1887-1899

    • A satire on Utilitarianism set in a provincial industrial town, portraying the dreariness of life for industrial workers, the hopelessness of decent people trapped in a failed marriage, and the fallacy of mechanical theories of human nature
    • Rudge, Barnaby

    • Rudge, Barnaby

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Barnaby Rudge is the fifth novel which was begun in 1839 and finished in 1841. It is also the first of Dickens's two historical novels. This novel is based on the anti-Catholic riots - the Gordon Riots - instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780,...
    • Rudge, Barnaby

    • Rudge, Barnaby

    • circa 1887-1905

    • Barnaby Rudge is the fifth novel which was begun in 1839 and finished in 1841. It is also the first of Dickens's two historical novels. This novel is based on the anti-Catholic riots - the Gordon Riots - instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780,...
    • Barney

    • Barney

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
    • Sikes, Bill

    • Sikes, Bill

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
    • Cratchit, Bob

    • Cratchit, Bob

    • circa 1887-1899

    • A Christmas Carol, is a novella that was first published in December 1843. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge is a bitter, miserly old man who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley. He wants to help Scrooge reform...
    • Brewer

    • Brewer

    • circa 1887-2004

    • Our Mutual Friend, Dickens' last novel, addresses the issues of money, social class, and human values. John Harmon, heir to his father's fortune made as a dust collector, pretends to be dead in order to find out what people thought about him. He...
    • Plummer, Caleb

    • Plummer, Caleb

    • circa 1887-1899

    • In 1845, Dickens planned a periodical about home life called Cricket. The plan did not materialize, so he turned the idea into The Cricket on the Hearth, a book with a domestic setting. This was published as Dickens' third Christmas book by...
    • Plummer, Caleb

    • Plummer, Caleb

    • circa 1887-1930

    • In 1845, Dickens planned a periodical about home life called Cricket. The plan did not materialize, so he turned the idea into The Cricket on the Hearth, a book with a domestic setting. This was published as Dickens' third Christmas book by...
    • Bunsby, Capt. Jack

    • Bunsby, Capt. Jack

    • circa 1887-1899

    • First published as a 20 part monthly serial, Dombey and Son is the tale of Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping merchant who desires a son. His wife dies giving birth to this son, Paul the Younger, who Dombey focuses all his affection on at the expense...
    • Barkis

    • Barkis

    • circa 1887-1899

    • David Copperfield is the partly autobiographical story of the trials of a boy born at the Rookery, Blunderstone. His father dies before he is born, and his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, who is cruel to the boy. When she dies, he is sent to work in...
    • Bates, Charley

    • Bates, Charley

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
    • Bangham, Mrs.

    • Bangham, Mrs.

    • circa 1887-1946

    • Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
    • Slyme, Chevy

    • Slyme, Chevy

    • circa 1887-1982

    • Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in monthly parts, January 1843-July 1844, as Charles Dickens' sixth novel. The novel was not as successful as earlier novels, although Dickens thought it was best of his stories to that point. Dickens' 1842 trip to...
    • Slyme, Chevy

    • Slyme, Chevy

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in monthly parts, January 1843-July 1844, as Charles Dickens' sixth novel. The novel was not as successful as earlier novels, although Dickens thought it was best of his stories to that point. Dickens' 1842 trip to...
    • Citizen Defarge

    • Citizen Defarge

    • circa 1887-1899

    • A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel written by Charles Dickens in 1859. Through the fate of several main characters, the story tells about the life of people living in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. In 1775, Dr....
    • Pegotty, Mr. Daniel

    • Pegotty, Mr. Daniel

    • circa 1887-1899

    • David Copperfield is the partly autobiographical story of the trials of a boy born at the Rookery, Blunderstone. His father dies before he is born, and his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, who is cruel to the boy. When she dies, he is sent to work in...
    • Newcome, Clemency

    • Newcome, Clemency

    • circa 1887-1908

    • Battle of Life was the fourth of five Christmas stories that Charles Dickens wrote. He wrote this story in September-October 1846 and it was first published in one volume in December 1846. It is the story of a man named Doctor Jeddler who is a...
    • Heep, Uriah

    • Heep, Uriah

    • circa 1887-1899

    • David Copperfield is the partly autobiographical story of the trials of a boy born at the Rookery, Blunderstone. His father dies before he is born, and his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, who is cruel to the boy. When she dies, he is sent to work in...
    • Diver, Colonel

    • Diver, Colonel

    • circa 1887-1973

    • Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in monthly parts, January 1843-July 1844, as Charles Dickens' sixth novel. The novel was not as successful as earlier novels, although Dickens thought it was best of his stories to that point. Dickens' 1842 trip to...
    • Diver, Colonel

    • Diver, Colonel

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in monthly parts, January 1843-July 1844, as Charles Dickens' sixth novel. The novel was not as successful as earlier novels, although Dickens thought it was best of his stories to that point. Dickens' 1842 trip to...
    • Quilp, Daniel

    • Quilp, Daniel

    • circa 1887-1899

    • This novel is Dickens's fourth novel, and one of two novels Dickens wrote for the short-lived magazine Master Humphrey's Clock, begun in March 1840 and finished in January 1941. It was published as a separate book in 1841. The novel tells the story...
    • Murdstone, Mr.

    • Murdstone, Mr.

    • circa 1887-1899

    • David Copperfield is the partly autobiographical story of the trials of a boy born at the Rookery, Blunderstone. His father dies before he is born, and his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, who is cruel to the boy. When she dies, he is sent to work in...
    • Trotwood, Miss Betsy

    • Trotwood, Miss Betsy

    • circa 1887-1899

    • David Copperfield is the partly autobiographical story of the trials of a boy born at the Rookery, Blunderstone. His father dies before he is born, and his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, who is cruel to the boy. When she dies, he is sent to work in...
    • Micawber, Mr. Wilkins

    • Micawber, Mr. Wilkins

    • circa 1887-1899

    • David Copperfield is the partly autobiographical story of the trials of a boy born at the Rookery, Blunderstone. His father dies before he is born, and his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, who is cruel to the boy. When she dies, he is sent to work in...
    • Deputy, The

    • Deputy, The

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Mystery of Edwin Drood was the fifteenth and final novel of Charles Dickens. He worked on it from October 1869 until June 1870 but it was left unfinished when he died. The main plot tells the story of a choirmaster named John Jasper who is in...
    • Datchery, Dick

    • Datchery, Dick

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Mystery of Edwin Drood was the fifteenth and final novel of Charles Dickens. He worked on it from October 1869 until June 1870 but it was left unfinished when he died. The main plot tells the story of a choirmaster named John Jasper who is in...
    • Datchery, Dick

    • Datchery, Dick

    • circa 1887-1987

    • The Mystery of Edwin Drood was the fifteenth and final novel of Charles Dickens. He worked on it from October 1869 until June 1870 but it was left unfinished when he died. The main plot tells the story of a choirmaster named John Jasper who is in...
    • Swiveller, Dick

    • Swiveller, Dick

    • circa 1887-1899

    • This novel is Dickens's fourth novel, and one of two novels Dickens wrote for the short-lived magazine Master Humphrey's Clock, begun in March 1840 and finished in January 1941. It was published as a separate book in 1841. The novel tells the story...
    • Varden, Gabriel

    • Varden, Gabriel

    • circa 1887-1899

    • Barnaby Rudge is the fifth novel which was begun in 1839 and finished in 1841. It is also the first of Dickens's two historical novels. This novel is based on the anti-Catholic riots - the Gordon Riots - instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780,...
    • Jeddler, Dr. Anthony

    • Jeddler, Dr. Anthony

    • circa 1887-1909

    • Battle of Life was the fourth of five Christmas stories that Charles Dickens wrote. He wrote this story in September or October 1846 and it was first published in one volume in December 1846. It is the story of a man named Doctor Jeddler who is a...
    • Jobling, Mr. John

    • Jobling, Mr. John

    • circa 1887-1975

    • Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in monthly parts, January 1843-July 1844, as Charles Dickens' sixth novel. The novel was not as successful as earlier novels, although Dickens thought it was best of his stories to that point. Dickens' 1842 trip to...
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