Dickens is Born
Born in February 1812, the prolific Charles Dickens was hugely successful in his own lifetime - publishing novels, plays, periodicals and works of non-fiction - and is still venerated as one of the English language’s great writers.
Related collections you might be interested in:
- 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
- Covering the period of Dickens’ early life and charting events throughout his writing career, this archive of 17th and 18th century newspapers provides useful background information to Dickens’ life and work.
- University of Exeter Digital Collections
- Rare examples of art, literature and the moving image.
- British Periodicals
- Covering more than two centuries of British history and culture.
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