Charles Dickens - Writer Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens http://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Dickens-British-novelist http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio1.html Born: February 7, 1812, Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Died: June 9, 1870, Higham, United Kingdom Plays: A Tale of Two Cities, The Frozen Deep, No Thoroughfare, The Goblins Children: Francis Dickens, Henry Fielding Dickens, Mary Dickens, More Quotes by Charles: