Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth-century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Description above from the Wikipedia Charles Dickens licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Charles John Huffam Dickens war ein englischer Schriftsteller und Gesellschaftskritiker. Er schuf einige der bekanntesten Romanfiguren der Weltliteratur und gilt als der bedeutendste Romancier des viktorianischen Zeitalters. Seine Werke wie Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol und David Copperfield erfreuten sich bereits zu seinen Lebzeiten beispielloser Beliebtheit, und im 20. Jahrhundert erkannten Kritiker und Gelehrte ihn als literarisches Genie an. Seine Romane und Kurzgeschichten sind bis heute populär.

Charles John Huffam Dickens foi o mais popular dos romancistas ingleses da era vitoriana. No início de sua atividade literária também adotou o apelido Boz. A fama dos seus romances e contos, tanto durante a sua vida como depois, até aos dias de hoje, só aumentou.