Charles Dickens

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English writer human journalist novelist short story writer social critic

Charles Dickens was a renowned 19th-century English novelist and social critic whose works, including "A Christmas Carol," "Oliver Twist," and "Great Expectations," vividly depicted Victorian society and its injustices.

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Charles Dickens (one-man shows) 1
Charles John Huffam Dickens 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf English writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
social critic ⓘ
burialPlace Poets’ Corner ⓘ
surface form: Poets' Corner

Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfNotability depictions of Victorian society and social injustice ⓘ
child Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens ⓘ
Charles Dickens Jr. ⓘ
Dora Annie Dickens ⓘ
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens ⓘ
Francis Dickens ⓘ
Henry Fielding Dickens ⓘ
Kate Perugini ⓘ
Mary Dickens ⓘ
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens ⓘ
Walter Landor Dickens ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1812-02-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1870-06-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Wellington House Academy ⓘ
employer All the Year Round ⓘ
Bentley's Miscellany ⓘ
Household Words ⓘ
familyName Charles Dickens self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dickens
father John Dickens ⓘ
fullName Charles Dickens self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles John Huffam Dickens
genre fiction ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
influenced Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
George Orwell ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
Thomas Hardy ⓘ
influencedBy Henry Fielding ⓘ
Tobias Smollett ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath stroke ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Dickens ⓘ
movement Victorian literature ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableIdea social reform through literature ⓘ
notableWork A Christmas Carol (novella) ⓘ
surface form: A Christmas Carol

A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ
Bleak House ⓘ
David Copperfield ⓘ
Great Expectations ⓘ
Hard Times ⓘ
Little Dorrit ⓘ
Nicholas Nickleby ⓘ
Oliver! ⓘ
surface form: Oliver Twist

The Pickwick Papers ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
period Victorian era ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Hampshire ⓘ
Portsmouth ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Gads Hill Place ⓘ
Higham ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
positionHeld editor of All the Year Round ⓘ
editor of Household Words ⓘ
residence Gads Hill Place ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature Charles Dickens signature ⓘ
spouse Catherine Thomson Hogarth ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
writingStyle serial publication of novels ⓘ

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Chapman and Hall → associatedWith → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Old Corner Bookstore → associatedWith → Charles Dickens ⓘ
David Copperfield → author → Charles Dickens ⓘ
A Christmas Carol → authorOfOriginalWork → Charles Dickens ⓘ
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Nicholas Nickleby → authorOfOriginalWork → Charles Dickens ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)
Andrew Davies → basedOnAdaptationsOf → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Oliver Twist (TV, 1999) → basedOnAuthor → Charles Dickens ⓘ
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Bleak House → basedOnWorkBy → Charles Dickens ⓘ
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Gordon Riots → describedBySource → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Charles Dickens → familyName → Charles Dickens self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Harper's Weekly → featuredContributor → Charles Dickens ⓘ
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Charles Dickens → fullName → Charles Dickens self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles John Huffam Dickens
Andrew Davies → hasAdaptedWorksBy → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Simon Callow → hasStageRole → Charles Dickens ⓘ
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Honoré de Balzac → influenced → Charles Dickens ⓘ
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Sir Walter Scott → influenced → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Thomas Carlyle → influenced → Charles Dickens ⓘ
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A Week in December → literaryAllusion → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Harper & Brothers → notableAuthorPublished → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Charles → notableBearer → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Poets’ Corner → notableBurial → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Victorian era → notableFigure → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Athenaeum Club → notableMember → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Great Exhibition of 1851 → notableVisitor → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Richard Bentley → publishedAuthor → Charles Dickens ⓘ
Ticknor and Fields → publishedAuthor → Charles Dickens ⓘ