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Charles Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic novels and characters. Dickens's work has been highly praised for its realism, comedy, mastery of prose, unique personalities and concern for social reform.

The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the French Revolution.

The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker.

The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity.

It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.