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Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 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 e ...
(1812–1870) includes more than a dozen major novels, many short stories (including Christmas-themed stories and
ghost stories A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. ...
), several plays, several non-fiction books, and individual essays and articles. Dickens's novels were serialized initially in weekly or monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats.


Novels and novellas


Short stories

* "Mr. Minns and his Cousin" (1833) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "Mrs. Joseph Porter" (1834) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "Horatio Sparkins" (1834) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Bloomsbury Christening" (1834) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Boarding-House" (1834) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "Sentiment" (1834) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Steam Excursion" (1834) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "A Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle" (1835) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "Our Parish" (1835) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "Scenes and Characters" (1835) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Great Winglebury Duel" (1836) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Black Veil" (1836) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Tuggses at Ramsgate" (1836) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Drunkard's Death" (1836) (part of ''
Sketches by Boz ''Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People'' (commonly known as ''Sketches by Boz'') is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and ...
'') * "The Stroller's Tale" (1836) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "The Convict's Return" (1836) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "A Madman's Manuscript" (1836) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "The Bagman's Story" (1836) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "The Parish Clerk" (1836) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "The Old Man's Tale" (1836) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton" (1836) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "The True Legend of P. B." (1837) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "The Story of the Bagman's Uncle" (1837) (part of ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...
'') * "Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble" (1837) (part of ''
The Mudfog Papers ''The Mudfog Papers'' are an anthology of stories written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal ''Bentley's Miscellany'', which he was then editing. Topics ''The Mudfog Papers'' relates the proceedings ...
'') * "The Pantomime of Life" (1837) (part of ''
The Mudfog Papers ''The Mudfog Papers'' are an anthology of stories written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal ''Bentley's Miscellany'', which he was then editing. Topics ''The Mudfog Papers'' relates the proceedings ...
'') * "Some Particulars Concerning a Lion" (1837) (part of ''
The Mudfog Papers ''The Mudfog Papers'' are an anthology of stories written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal ''Bentley's Miscellany'', which he was then editing. Topics ''The Mudfog Papers'' relates the proceedings ...
'') * "The First Meeting" (1837) (part of ''
The Mudfog Papers ''The Mudfog Papers'' are an anthology of stories written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal ''Bentley's Miscellany'', which he was then editing. Topics ''The Mudfog Papers'' relates the proceedings ...
'') * "The Second Meeting" (1838) (part of ''
The Mudfog Papers ''The Mudfog Papers'' are an anthology of stories written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal ''Bentley's Miscellany'', which he was then editing. Topics ''The Mudfog Papers'' relates the proceedings ...
'') * "Mr. Robert Bolton" (1838) (part of ''
The Mudfog Papers ''The Mudfog Papers'' are an anthology of stories written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal ''Bentley's Miscellany'', which he was then editing. Topics ''The Mudfog Papers'' relates the proceedings ...
'') * "Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child" (1838) (part of ''
The Mudfog Papers ''The Mudfog Papers'' are an anthology of stories written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal ''Bentley's Miscellany'', which he was then editing. Topics ''The Mudfog Papers'' relates the proceedings ...
'') * "The Lamplighter" (1838) * "The Five Sisters of York" (1839) (part of ''
Nicholas Nickleby ''Nicholas Nickleby'' or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (or also ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the ...
'') * "The Baron of Grogzwig" (1839) (part of ''
Nicholas Nickleby ''Nicholas Nickleby'' or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (or also ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the ...
'') * "First Night of the Giant Chronicles" (1840) (part of ''
Master Humphrey's Clock ''Master Humphrey's Clock'' was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle o ...
'') * "A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second" (1840) (part of ''
Master Humphrey's Clock ''Master Humphrey's Clock'' was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle o ...
'') * "Mr. Pickwick's Tale" (1840) (part of ''
Master Humphrey's Clock ''Master Humphrey's Clock'' was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle o ...
'') * "A Child's Dream of a Star" (1850) * "Captain Murderer" (1850) (part of ''
The Uncommercial Traveller ''The Uncommercial Traveller'' is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens, published in 1860–1861. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called '' All the Year Round'', and the "Uncommercial Traveller" ar ...
'') * " To Be Read at Dusk" (1852) * "
The Long Voyage "The Long Voyage" is a New Year's Eve short story by Charles Dickens. It was originally published in the 31 December 1853 issue of '' Household Words'' magazine. Plot summary The story concerns a man alone on New Year's Eve, who loves to "sit by ...
" (1853) * "Prince Bull" (1855) * "The Thousand and One Humbugs" (1855) * "The History of a Self-Tormentor" (1857) (part of ''
Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...
'') * "Hunted Down" (1859) * "The Substance of the Shadow" (1859) (part of ''
A Tale of Two Cities ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the ...
'') * "George Silverman's Explanation" (1868) * "Holiday Romance" (1868)


Stories from collaborative works

* "The Poor Relation's Story" (1852) (part of ''A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire'') * "The Child's Story" (1852) (part of ''A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire'') * "The Schoolboy's Story" (1853) (part of ''Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire'') * "Nobody's Story" (1853) (part of ''Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire'') * "The First Poor Traveller" (1854) (part of ''The Seven Poor Travellers'') * "The Road" (1854) (part of ''The Seven Poor Travellers'') * "The Guest" (1855) (part of ''The Holly-tree Inn'') * "The Boots" (1855) (part of ''The Holly-tree Inn'') * "The Bill" (1855) (part of ''The Holly-tree Inn'') * "The Wreck" (1856) (part of ''The Wreck of the Golden Mary'') * "A Ghost in the Bride's Chamber" (1857) (part of ''The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'') * "The Island of Silver-Store" (1857) (part of ''The Perils of Certain English Prisoners'') * "The Rafts on the River" (1857) (part of ''The Perils of Certain English Prisoners'') * "Going into Society" (1858) (part of ''A House to Let'') * "The Mortals in the House" (1859) (part of '' The Haunted House'') * "The Ghost in Master B.'s Room" (1859) (part of '' The Haunted House'') * "The Ghost in the Corner Room" (1859) (part of '' The Haunted House'') * "The Village" (1860) (part of ''A Message from the Sea'') * "The Money" (1860) (part of ''A Message from the Sea'') * "The Restitution" (1860) (part of ''A Message from the Sea'') * "Picking Up Soot and Cinders" (1861) (part of ''Tom Tiddler's Ground'') * "Picking Up Miss Kimmeens" (1861) (part of ''Tom Tiddler's Ground'') * "Picking Up the Tinker" (1861) (part of ''Tom Tiddler's Ground'') * "His Leaving It Till Called For" (1862) (part of ''Somebody's Luggage'') * "His Boots" (1862) (part of ''Somebody's Luggage'') * "His Brown-Paper Parcel" (1862) (part of ''Somebody's Luggage'') * "His Wonderful End" (1862) (part of ''Somebody's Luggage'') * "How Mrs. Lirriper Carried on the Business" (1863) (part of ''Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings'') * "How the Parlour Added a Few Words" (1863) (part of ''Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings'') * "How She Went On, and Went Over" (1864) (part of ''Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy'') * "How Jemmy Topped Up" (1864) (part of ''Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy'') * "To Be Taken Immediately" (1865) (part of ''Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions'') * " The Trial for Murder" (1865) (part of ''Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions'') * "To Be Taken for Life" (1865) (part of ''Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions'') * "Barbox Brothers" (1866) (part of ''
Mugby Junction "Mugby Junction" is a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday, and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine '' All the Ye ...
'') * "The Boy at Mugby" (1866) (part of ''
Mugby Junction "Mugby Junction" is a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday, and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine '' All the Ye ...
'') * "
The Signal-Man "The Signal-Man" is a first-person horror/mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the ''Mugby Junction'' collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of '' All the Year Round''. The railway signal-man of the title tells the na ...
" (1866) (part of ''
Mugby Junction "Mugby Junction" is a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday, and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine '' All the Ye ...
'')


Collaborative works

During his tenure as editor of
Household Words ''Household Words'' was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's ''Henry V'': "Familiar in his mouth as household words." History During the planning stages, titles origi ...
and All the Year Round, Dickens would collaborate with other staff writers, usually in seasonal issues of the magazines, producing the following works: * Published in
Household Words ''Household Words'' was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's ''Henry V'': "Familiar in his mouth as household words." History During the planning stages, titles origi ...
: ** "A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire" (1852) (with
William Moy Thomas William Moy Thomas (1828–1910) was an English journalist, literary editor and novelist. Life Born in Hackney, Middlesex, on 3 January 1828, he was younger son of Moy Thomas, a solicitor who was known as a legal writer with his brother John Henr ...
,
Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...
,
Edmund Ollier Edmund Ollier (1827–1886) was an English journalist and author. Life The son of Charles Ollier, he knew Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Leigh Hunt and Benjamin Haydon as a child. He was privately educated and began to write. After some years he was a ...
, James White, Edmund Saul Dixon,
Harriet Martineau Harriet Martineau (; 12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist often seen as the first female sociologist, focusing on racism, race relations within much of her published material.Michael R. Hill (2002''Harriet Martineau: Th ...
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Samuel Sidney Samuel Sidney was the pseudonym of Samuel Solomon (6 February 1813 – 8 June 1883), an English writer who treated the widely varied fields of agriculture and animal husbandry, railways, and emigration to Australia. Life Sidney was the son of Ab ...
and Eliza Griffiths) ** "Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire" (1853) (with Eliza Linton, George Sala, Adelaide Procter,
Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...
, Edmund Saul Dixon,
William Henry Wills William Wills may refer to: * William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke (1830–1911), British businessman and peer * William Gorman Wills (1828–1891), Irish dramatist and painter * William Henry Wills (journalist) (1810–1880), journalist, newspap ...
and
Samuel Sidney Samuel Sidney was the pseudonym of Samuel Solomon (6 February 1813 – 8 June 1883), an English writer who treated the widely varied fields of agriculture and animal husbandry, railways, and emigration to Australia. Life Sidney was the son of Ab ...
) ** "The Seven Poor Travellers" (1854) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
, Adelaide Procter, George Sala and Eliza Linton – about the Six Poor Travellers House) ** "The Holly-tree Inn" (1855) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
,
William Howitt William Howitt (18 December 1792 – 3 March 1879), was a prolific English writer on history and other subjects. Howitt Primary Community School in Heanor, Derbyshire, is named after him and his wife. Biography Howitt was born at Heanor, Derbysh ...
,
Harriet Parr Harriet(t) may refer to: * Harriet (name), a female name ''(includes list of people with the name)'' Places *Harriet, Queensland, rural locality in Australia * Harriet, Arkansas, unincorporated community in the United States * Harriett, Texas, ...
and Adelaide Procter) ** "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" (1856) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
, Adelaide Procter,
Harriet Parr Harriet(t) may refer to: * Harriet (name), a female name ''(includes list of people with the name)'' Places *Harriet, Queensland, rural locality in Australia * Harriet, Arkansas, unincorporated community in the United States * Harriett, Texas, ...
,
Percy Fitzgerald Brigadier-General Percy Desmond FitzGerald, (18 April 1873 – 17 August 1933) was a cavalry officer in the British Army and a sportsman, playing polo and cricket at competition levels. Born in Australia, he moved to Great Britain and joined ...
and James White) ** "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices" (1857) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
) ** "The Perils of Certain English Prisoners" (1857) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
) ** "
A House to Let "A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens's ''Household Words'' magazine. Collins wrote the introdu ...
" (1858) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
,
Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...
and Adelaide Procter) * Published in All the Year Round: ** " The Haunted House" (1859) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
,
Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...
, Adelaide Procter, George Sala and
Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century ''Jessica's First Prayer'' had sold a million a ...
; a
ghost story A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature'' ...
) ** " A Message from the Sea" (1860) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
, Robert Buchanan,
Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...
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Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novel ...
and
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) ** "
Tom Tiddler's Ground Tom Tiddler's ground, also known as Tom Tidler's ground or Tommy Tiddler's ground, is a longstanding children's game. One player, "Tom Tiddler", stands on a heap of stones, gravel, etc. Other players rush onto the heap, crying "Here I am on Tom Tid ...
" (1861) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
,
Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...
,
Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novel ...
and John Harwood) ** "Somebody's Luggage" (1862) (with
John Oxenford John Oxenford (12 August 1812 – 21 February 1877) was an English dramatist, critic and translator. Life Oxenford was born in Camberwell, London, his father a prosperous merchant. Whilst he was privately educated, it is reported that he was m ...
,
Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...
,
Arthur Locker Arthur Locker (1828–1893) was an English novelist and journalist. Life The second son of Edward Hawke Locker, he was born at Greenwich on 2 July 1828; Frederick Locker-Lampson was his brother. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Pembrok ...
and Julia Cecilia Stretton) ** "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings" (1863) (with
Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...
, Andrew Halliday,
Edmund Yates Edmund Hodgson Yates (3 July 183120 May 1894) was a British journalist, novelist and dramatist. Early life He was born in Edinburgh to the actor and theatre manager Frederick Henry Yates and was educated at Highgate School in London from 1840 t ...
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Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novel ...
and
Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...
) ** "Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy" (1864) (with
Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...
,
Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novel ...
,
Rosa Mulholland Rosa Mulholland, Lady Gilbert (1841 – 21 April 1921) was an Irish novelist, poet and playwright. Life She was born in Belfast, the daughter of Dr. Joseph Stevenson Mulholland of Newry. Originally, Mulholland wished to become a painter, ...
, Henry Spicer and
Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century ''Jessica's First Prayer'' had sold a million a ...
) ** "Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions" (1865) (with
Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...
,
Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century ''Jessica's First Prayer'' had sold a million a ...
,
George Walter Thornbury George Walter Thornbury (13 November 1828 – 11 June 1876) was an English author. He was the first biographer of J. M. W. Turner. Early life George Thornbury was born on 13 November 1828, the son of a London solicitor, reared by his aunt and e ...
and
Caroline Leigh Gascoigne Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (''gas-koin′''; , Smith; 2 May 1813 – 11 June 1883) was a 19th-century English poet and novelist. She published ''Temptation'' (1839), ''Evelyn Harcourt'' (1842), ''Dr. Harold's Note-Book'' (1869), and other works in ...
) ** "
Mugby Junction "Mugby Junction" is a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday, and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine '' All the Ye ...
" (1866) (with Andrew Halliday,
Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century ''Jessica's First Prayer'' had sold a million a ...
,
Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...
and
Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novel ...
) ** "
No Thoroughfare ''No Thoroughfare'' is a stage play and novel by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, both released in December 1867. Background In 1867 Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins collaborated to produce a stage play titled ''No Thoroughfare: A Drama: ...
" (1867) (with
Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
)


Short story collections


Nonfiction, poetry, and plays

* '' Sunday Under Three Heads'' (1836) (under the pseudonym "Timothy Sparks") * '' The Strange Gentleman'' (play, 1836) * '' The Village Coquettes'' (comic opera, 1836) * '' Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi'' (1838), edited by Dickens under his regular , "Boz". * '' The Fine Old English Gentleman'' (poetry, 1841) * '' American Notes for General Circulation'' (1842) * '' Pictures from Italy'' (1846) * ''
The Life of Our Lord ''The Life of Our Lord'' is a book about the life of Jesus of Nazareth written by English novelist Charles Dickens, for his young children, between 1846 and 1849, at about the time that he was writing ''David Copperfield''. ''The Life of Our Lord ...
'' (1846–1849, pub. 1934) * ''
A Child's History of England ''A Child's History of England'' is a book by Charles Dickens. It first appeared in serial form in '' Household Words'', running from 25 January 1851 to 10 December 1853. Dickens also published the work in book form in three volumes: the first v ...
'' (1853) * ''
The Frozen Deep ''The Frozen Deep'' is an 1856 play, originally staged as an amateur theatrical, written by Wilkie Collins under the substantial guidance of Charles Dickens. Dickens's hand was so prominent—beside acting in the play for several performances, ...
'' (play, 1857) * ''
The Uncommercial Traveller ''The Uncommercial Traveller'' is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens, published in 1860–1861. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called '' All the Year Round'', and the "Uncommercial Traveller" ar ...
'' (1860–69) * '' Speeches, Letters and Sayings'' (1870) * '' Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins'' (1851–70, pub. 1982) * '' The Complete Poems of Charles Dickens'' (1885)


Articles and essays

* "Christmas Festivities" (1835; also known as "A Christmas Dinner") * "The Agricultural Interest" (1844) * "Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman" (1844) * "The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall" (1845) * "Crime and Education" (1846) * "Capital Punishment" (1846) * "The Begging-Letter Writer" (1850) * "A Coal Miner's Evidence" (1850) * "The Ghost of Art" (1850) * "A Poor Man's Tale of a Patent" (1850) * "The Detective Police" (1850) * "Three Detective Anecdotes" (1850) * "A Walk in a Workhouse" (1850) * "A Christmas Tree" (1850) * "Our English Watering-Place" (1851) * "Bill-Sticking" (1851) * "Births. Mrs. Meek, of a Son" (1851) * "A Flight" (1851) * "On Duty with Inspector Field" (1851) * "Our School" (1851) * "A Monument of French Folly" (1851) * "What Christmas is, as We Grow Older" (1851) * "Lying Awake" (1852) * "A Plated Article" (1852) * "Our Honourable Friend" (1852) * "Our Vestry" (1852) * "Our Bore" (1852) * "Down with the Tide" (1853)
"Frauds on the Fairies"
(1853) * "Our French Watering-Place" (1854) * "The Noble Savage" (1854)

(1854) * "Out of Town" (1855) * "Out of the Season" (1855) * "The Poor Man and his Beer" (1859) * "Five New Points of Criminal Law" (1859) * "Leigh Hunt: A Remonstrance" (1859) * "The Tattlesnivel Bleater" (1859) * "The Young Man from the Country" (1862) * "An Enlightened Clergyman" (1862) * "Rather a Strong Dose" (1863) * "The Martyr Medium" (1863) * "In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray" (1864) * "Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her Legends and Lyrics" (1866) * "The Late Mr. Stanfield" (1867) * "A Slight Question of Fact" (1869) * "Landor's Life" (1869) * "Explanatory Introduction to Religious Opinions by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend" (1869) * "On Mr. Fechter's Acting" (1869)


Letters

Editing and publication of Dickens's letters started in 1949 when publisher
Rupert Hart-Davis Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (28 August 1907 – 8 December 1999) was an English publisher and editor. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. As a biographer, he is remembered for his ''Hugh Walpole'' (1952), as an editor, f ...
persuaded Humphry House of
Wadham College Wadham College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy W ...
,
Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, to edit a complete edition of the letters. House died suddenly aged 46 in 1955. However, the work continued, and by 2002 Volume 12 had been published. The letters are collected chronologically; thus volume 1 covers the years 1820–1839; volume 2, 1840–1841; volume 3, 1842–1843; volume 4, 1844–1846; volume 5, 1847–1849; volume 6, 1850–1852; volume 7, 1853–1855; volume 8, 1856–1858; volume 9, 1859–1861; volume 10, 1862–1864; volume 11, 1865–1867; and volume 12, 1868–1870.Dickens, Charles.
Letters of Charles Dickens
', Pilgrim Edition. General editors: Madeline House, Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson. 12 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965-2002.


Notes


External links


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