Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a writer, journalist and publisher, probably the most famous British literary name after Shakespeare. His childhood hardship, after the imprisonment of his father, put him to work at an early age. The theme of poverty and struggle has become a leitmotif of his whole body of work. He began writing under the pseudonym of Boz and had one of his most acclaimed novels Oliver Twist published while still in his twenties. His most popular character is, arguably, Ebenezer...
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