Charles Dickens
Biography
Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA; (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870), pen-name “Boz”, was an English novelist of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner.
Many of Dickens’s novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form — a popular format for fiction at the tim — and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor “cliffhanger” after another, to keep the (original) public looking forward to the next installment.
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