Heralded as one of the best—if not the best—novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens longed for fame from an early age. And, after a difficult childhood beset by financial troubles ...

Charles Dickens, in imagination ... the Manchester school of utilitarian economics which he criticizes in Hard Times. But Dickens’ criticism does not pretend to be theoretical: all he is ...

It is stated, and on the very best authority, that within the 12 years that have passed since Dickens's death no less than 4,239,000 volumes of his works have teen sold in England alone!

Household Words was an unillustrated weekly magazine conducted and edited by Charles Dickens from late March 1850 through May 1859. It was issued weekly, but also monthly and as bound annual volumes.

After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private ... Bleak House and Hard Times. He also kept Catherine busy with their 10 children.