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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 285. Not illustrated. Chapters: Charles Dickens, Oliver Heaviside, John Betjeman, William Ballantine, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Cab Kaye, Jessie Bond, Anthony Head, Tamsin Greig, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Louisa Lytton, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Olivia Williams, Jonathan Hunt, Archie Macdonald, Reuben Agboola, Melanie Blatt, Marco Pirroni, Johnnie Jackson, Terry Burton, John Matthews, Ruby Bentall, Jaime Winstone, Harold Hitchcock, Torquil Norman, Terry Mancini, George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, Owen Aaronovitch, Jill Craigie, Sydney Carter, Nicky Nicolau, Wadham Wyndham, Fiona Millar, Jodhi May, Ziggy Lichman, Mark Dolan, Giulia Warwick, Delia Cardnell, Cyril Axelrod, Chris Foreman, Frederick Chapman, Danny Hylton, Ashley Keane, Emma Hayes, Robert Mcmillan, Susan Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal, Arthur Schneidau, Nicky Ioannou, Dame Jane Roberts, Wayne Sharrocks, Gerald Cross. Excerpt: Charles John Huffam Dickens (pronounced; 7 February 18129 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters. Many of his novels, with their recurrent theme of social reform, first appeared in magazines in serialised form, a popular format at the time. Unlike other authors who completed entire novels before serialisation, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. The practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by cliffhangers to keep the public looking forward to the next instalment. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. His work has been praised for its mastery of prose and unique personalities by writers such as George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, though the same characterist...
