Written by Charles Dickens
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
by Charles DickensThe Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens which exposes the selfishness and cruelty of people in rich families. While Seth Pecksniff looking to inherit the properties of Martin through marriage with one of her daughters, Jonas has plans to inherit the assets of Pecksniff by marrying his daughter. Both belong to exte..
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty
by Charles DickensDickens efforts to portray the 1780 Gordon Riots through his novel Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty did not gain much popularity as expected. The novel opens with the narration of the mystery of a murder which remains unresolved even after 22 years passed since the crime was executed. Dead body of one of the two prime suspects of the m..
Hunted Down - The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens
by Charles DickensWhile writing his unusual mystery work of Hunted Down, Dickens tried to extract few elements of his novels Bleak House and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, however he did end up as if launching an unfinished product. Undoubtedly Dickens has proved his mastery over short story writing through his earlier works of Christmas Stories and A Christmas Carol. ..
A Child's History of England
by Charles DickensCharles Dickens migration as historian through his non-fiction work of A Child's History of England explores the hundreds of decades long history of the English Islands comprising England, Scotland and Ireland. It is shocking to note the depth of rivalry among the members of dynasties to the extent of committing disgraceful crimes to acquire ..
American Notes for General Circulation
by Charles DickensAmerican Notes for Circulation is Dickens views on the American Society of his days. He traveled depth of many cities North America and Canada and his observations and comparisons over British Society was not well received by Americans as they thought it was too vivid and unfair. His criticism such as ill-manners, familiarity with strangers were th..
The Magic Fish-Bone
by Charles DickensCharles Dickens has wrote very few fairy stories and The Magic Fish-bone is one of them. A good nature fairy godmother presents the magic fish-bone to good nature and simple princess Alicia. While the magic fish-bone can fulfill any wish of the Princess provided the wish comes at the right time. And as usual with any fairy tales, this story too con..
Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
by Charles DickensDickens non-fiction work Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People resembles the young Dickens' views on the then Victorian Society. His 56 pieces of sketches has been largely divided into four sections as Our Parish, Scenes, Characters and Tales. While the Tales contains fictional stories rest of the sections are n..
The Uncommercial Traveller
by Charles DickensOn successfully attaining his commercial goals, Dickens founded a journal and he himself was the main contributor to it writing many things without any chronology or limiting to any category. Perhaps his journal All the Year Round can be compared as Dickens' modern day blog, writing his observations on his life at England and travels to many part o..