Charles John Huffam Dickens was on 7th February 1812 in Landport, Hampshire, England. He was an English writer and a critic. Known as one of the greatest Victorian novelist, Dickens created some of the world’s best known characters. During his lifetime, he enjoyed immense popularity, and he was hailed as a literary genius by the twentieth century, critics and scholars. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Although he was deprived of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years; he authored 15 novels, 5 novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles. In 1836, with the serial publication of The Pickwick Papers, Dickens's literary success began. In a short span of his career, he became a well-known literary celebrity. His novels became pioneer in the serial publication of narrative fiction as he published them in monthly or weekly instalments; this then became a dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. Dickens's creative genius was praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. …show more content…
ha! — he may be said to have educated himself.”1 To the virtual truth of this statement Charles Dickens’ early life bears witness. Dickens’s early life seems to have been idyllic, though he thought himself a “very small and not-over-particularly-taken-care-of boy”.2 Charles used to stay outdoors but he read voraciously, including the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett and Henry Fielding, as well as Robinson Crusoe and Gil Blas. He read and reread The Arabian Nights and the Collected Farces of Elizabeth Inchbald.3 He retained poignant memories of childhood, helped by an excellent memory of people and events, which he used in his