查尔士•狄更斯是英国维多利亚时期最著名、最被广泛阅读的作家。他创造了许多令人过目难忘的人物。
狄更斯很喜欢18世纪的“哥特式小说” – 其实当时这种文体已经式微，成了许多“新派作家”嘲讽的一种文体，但是笔尖常带感情的狄更斯，巧妙地以伦敦为创作背景，编织了许许多多赚人热泪的故事。
狄更斯文笔流畅而富有诗意，亦不乏诙谐。英国眼高于顶、自视过高的贵族，常是他笔下嘲讽的对象。例如他曾经形容一个贵族为“高贵的冰箱”，“David Copperfield”里面的人物“Mr. Murdstone”则是“谋杀”（murder）和“石头”(stone)的合写，直接描绘出了这个人的冷硬和阴险。狄更斯关注工业革命刚萌芽时期英国悲苦的童工命运，他把他们比作任人买卖的“股票”，或是将晚宴里无趣的宾客比作“家具。”他的小说糅合了写实主义和丰富的想象，但又入情入理，扣人心弦。
Charles Dickens, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most memorable characters.
Dickens loved the style of 18th century gothic romance, although it had already become a target for parody.One "character" vividly drawn throughout his novels is London itself. All aspects of the capital are described over the course of his body of work.
His writing style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic touch. His satires of British aristocratic snobbery—he calls one character the "Noble Refrigerator"—are often popular. Comparing orphans to stocks and shares, people to tug boats, or dinner-party guests to furniture are just some of Dickens's acclaimed flights of fancy. Many of his character's names provide the reader with a hint as to the roles played in advancing the storyline, such as Mr. Murdstone in the novel David Copperfield, which is clearly a combination of "murder" and stony coldness. His literary style is also a mixture of fantasy and realism.
狄更斯的名作至今刊印不绝，包括：
双城记 A Tale of Two Cities
圣诞颂歌 A Christmas Carol
大卫.科波菲尔 David Copperfield
艰难时世 Hard Times
荒凉山庄Bleak House
董贝父子 Dombey and Son
远大前程Great Expectations
雾都孤儿 Oliver Twist
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