On February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens, one of the greatest English novelist in the Victorian Period, was born in Portsmouth, England. His writings are timeless classics that continue to enthrall readers years after their initial publishing. Dickens novels are often satires about life in London during the Victorian era. He was an instant success with his novel The Pickwick Papers written in 1837 and continued to have a successful writing career up until his death in 1870.

Most of his novels were written in episodic installments in magazines and newspapers, meaning people would get a chapter or two a week. This was, in many ways, the first form of television. Week after week people would read about the characters they had grown to love, living in suspense until the next week when they could read more. This wasn’t typical for the era, but one could argue it was what made Dickens so popular.

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