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Charles Dickens

English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)

19 dated entries naming Charles Dickens, drawn from 14 separate years between 1775 CE and 1978 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1775The historical fiction A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by English novelist Charles Dickens opens in this year ("It was the best of times; it was the worst of times"); it is the story of London and Paris leading up to the French Revolution.source

19th century

  • 1812February 7 – Charles Dickens, English novelist (died 1870)source
  • 1836March 31 (dated April) – The first monthly part of Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers ("The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club..., edited by Boz") is published in London.source
  • 1837February – Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist begins publication in serial form in London.source
  • 1838March 31 – The first installment of Nicholas Nickleby, the new novel by Charles Dickens, is released as the opener of a 20-part serialization in London.source
  • 1843Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.source
  • 184317 December – Publication of Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol by Chapman & Hall in London at his expense. It introduces the character Ebenezer Scrooge. Released on 19 December, the first printing sells out by Christmas Eve and inspires charitable giving.source
  • 1843December 19 – Charles Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol is first published in London, England. Released on December 19, it sells out by Christmas Eve.source
  • 1843December 19 – "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, was first published on December 19, 1843, with the first edition sold out by Christmas Eve. By 1844, the novella had gone through 13 printings and continues to be a robust seller more than 175 years later.source
  • 1854April 1 – Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens' magazine, Household Words.source
  • 18541 April – Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens's magazine, Household Words.source
  • 1859April 30 – A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published in England.source
  • 1860December 1 – Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round.source
  • 1863June 12 – The Arts Club is founded by Charles Dickens, Frederic Leighton and others in Hanover Square, London.source
  • 1867December 2 – In a New York City theater, English author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.source
  • 1870June 9 – Charles Dickens, British novelist (born 1812)source
  • 1870June 9 – English novelist Charles Dickens dies at Gads Hill Place in Kent, leaving his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.source

20th century

  • 1948June 22 – David Lean's Oliver Twist, based on Charles Dickens's famous novel, premieres in the UK. It is banned for 3 years in the U.S., because of alleged antisemitism in depicting master criminal Fagin, played by Alec Guinness.source
  • 1978February 11 – The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.source

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