Heralded as one of the best—if not the best—novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens longed for fame from an early age. And, after a difficult childhood beset by financial troubles ...

Household Words was an unillustrated weekly magazine conducted and edited by Charles Dickens from late March 1850 through May 1859. It was issued weekly, but also monthly and as bound annual volumes.

Here are the twelve most read Charles Dickens novels ... Set in the grim industrial town of Coketown, Hard Times is one of ...

After his father was arrested in 1824, 12-year-old Charles was forced to work ... of materialism in contemporary society, Dickens’ Hard Times extols the power of the human spirit amidst the ...

After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private ... Bleak House and Hard Times. He also kept Catherine busy with their 10 children.