Writer

Charles Dickens

1812 – 1870

Active years (films on this site)

1935–1948

Genres

DramaAdventureFamilyMystery

Schools and movements

British CinemaClassical Hollywood

Directors worked with

David Lean2 filmsGeorge Cukor1 film

Biography

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

3 films on this site

1. David Copperfield 1935 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.3 · Writer
2. Great Expectations 1946 · David Lean · IMDb 7.8 · Writer
3. Oliver Twist 1948 · David Lean · IMDb 7.8 · Writer