CHARLES DICKENS -XXXL with lots of details- - stock illustration

Portrait of Charles Dickens, from a pencil drawing from life by Rudolph Lehmann,1851. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world'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.Vintage engraving circa mid 19th century