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Charles Dickens [1812-1870] ENG
Ranked #112 in the top 380 poets
Votes 86%: 681 up, 109 down

Humour, satire, keen observation of character and society.

The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.

His late contemporary William Wordsworth, by then Poet laureate, thought him a "very talkative, vulgar young person", adding he had not read a line of his work; Dickens in return thought Wordsworth "a dreadful Old Ass".

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is considered to be one of the greatest English novelists of the Victorian period. Dickens`s works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy. Charles Dickens was born in Landport, Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. In 1814 Dickens moved to London, and then to Chatham, where he received some education. He worked in a blacking factory, Hungerford Market, London, while his family was in Marshalea debtor`s prison in 1824). 

In 1824-27 Dickens studied at Wellington House Academy, London, and at Mr. Dawson`s school in 1827. From 1827 to 1828 he was a law office clerk, and then a shorthand reporter at Doctor`s Commons.

Some of his best novels are The Pickwick Paper, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol.

Children, Didactism, Fantasy, Gothic, Realism, Satire, Victorian

YearsCountryPoetInteraction
1564-1616
ENG
William Shakespeare
→ influenced Charles Dickens
1770-1850
ENG
William Wordsworth
→ (talkative, vulgar) disliked Charles Dickens
1802-1885
FRA
Victor Hugo
→ influenced Charles Dickens
1850-1894
SCO
Robert Louis Stevenson
→ (serialization) criticized Charles Dickens
1854-1900
IRL
Oscar Wilde
→ (lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism) disliked Charles Dickens
1867-1922
AUS
Henry Lawson
→ praised Charles Dickens
1799-1845
ENG
Thomas Hood
← praised by Charles Dickens
1828-1882
ENG
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
← influenced by Charles Dickens
1840-1928
ENG
Thomas Hardy
← influenced by Charles Dickens
1849-1916
USA
James Whitcomb Riley
← influenced by Charles Dickens
1874-1936
ENG
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
← influenced by Charles Dickens
1878-1967
ENG
John Masefield
← influenced by Charles Dickens
1892-1950
USA
Edna St. Vincent Millay
← influenced by Charles Dickens
1916-1990
ENG
Roald Dahl
← influenced by Charles Dickens


WorkLangRating
A Child`s Hymn
eng
10
The Song Of The Wreck
eng
3
The Ivy Green
eng
2
A Fine Old English Gentleman
eng
1
George Edmunds` Song
eng
1
Little Nell`s Funeral
eng
1
Lucy`s Song
eng
1
Gabriel`s Grub Song
eng
0
Squire Norton`s Song
eng
0
The Hymn Of The Wiltshire Laborers
eng
0

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