THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH - CHARLES DICKENS (Author of A Christmas Carol; The Pickwick Papers; David Copperfield; Oliver Twist; Great Expectations; A Tale ... (CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND OTHER STORIES)

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 as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.