The bibliography of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...

includes more than a dozen major novels, a large number of short stories (including a number of Christmas-themed stories), several plays, several nonfiction books, and individual essays and articles. Dickens' novels were serialized initially in weekly or monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats.

Novels

Name of novel	Publication	Notes
The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any...	Monthly serial, April 1836 to November 1837
The Adventures of Oliver Twist Oliver Twist Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...	Monthly serial in Bentley's Miscellany, February 1837 to April 1839
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Monthly serial, April 1838 to October 1839
The Old Curiosity Shop The Old Curiosity Shop The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London....	Weekly serial in Master Humphrey's Clock, April 25, 1840, to February 6, 1841
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty' Barnaby Rudge Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels that Dickens published in his short-lived weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock...	Weekly serial in Master Humphrey's Clock, February 13, 1841, to November 27, 1841
A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...	1843
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Martin Chuzzlewit The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialized between 1843-1844. Dickens himself proclaimed Martin Chuzzlewit to be his best work, but it was one of his least popular novels...	Monthly serial, January 1843 to July 1844
The Chimes The Chimes The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol and one year before The Cricket on the Hearth...	1844
The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20  December 1845 with illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Henry Landseer. Dickens began writing the book around...	1845
The Battle of Life The Battle of Life The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1846. It is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books", coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain....	1846
Dombey and Son Dombey and Son Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. It was first published in monthly parts between October 1846 and April 1848 with the full title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation...	Monthly serial, October 1846 to April 1848
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain	1848
David Copperfield David Copperfield (novel) The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery , commonly referred to as David Copperfield, is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a novel in 1850. Like most of his works, it originally appeared in serial...	Monthly serial, May 1849 to November 1850
Bleak House Bleak House Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon...	Monthly serial, March 1852 to September 1853
Hard Times: For These Times Hard Times Hard Times - For These Times is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book appraises English society and is aimed at highlighting the social and economic pressures of the times....	Weekly serial in Household Words, April 1, 1854, to August 12, 1854
Little Dorrit Little Dorrit Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period....	Monthly serial, December 1855 to June 1857
A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature....	Weekly serial in All the Year Round, April 30, 1859, to November 26, 1859
Great Expectations Great Expectations Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....	Weekly serial in All the Year Round, December 1, 1860 to August 3, 1861
Our Mutual Friend Our Mutual Friend Our Mutual Friend is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but is also about human...	Monthly serial, May 1864 to November 1865
The Mystery of Edwin Drood The Mystery of Edwin Drood The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and his intended ending for it remains unknown. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, the story focuses on Drood's uncle, choirmaster John Jasper, who...	Monthly serial, April 1870 to September 1870. Only six of twelve planned numbers completed

Short stories

"Sunday Under Three Heads" (1836) "The Lamplighter" (1838) "The Sewer-Dwelling Reptiles" (1841) "A Child's Dream of a Star" (1850) "Captain Murderer" (1850) "To be Read at Dusk" (1852)

"The Long Voyage 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:... " (1853) "Hunted Down" (1859) "The Signal-Man The Signal-Man The Signal-Man is a short story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the "Mugby Junction" collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round.... " (1866) "George Silverman's Explanation" (1868) "Holiday Romance" (1868)

"The Queer Chair" (part of The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any... ) "The Ghosts of the Mail" (part of The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any... ) "The Baron of Grogzwig" (part of Nicholas Nickleby) "A Madman's Manuscript" (part of The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any... ) "A Ghost in the Bride's Chamber" (part of The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices) "The Goblins who stole a Sexton" (part of The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any... )

Christmas Short Stories

"A Christmas Tree" (1850) "What Christmas is, as We Grow Older" (1851) "The Poor Relation's Story" (1852) "The Child's Story" (1852)

"The Schoolboy's Story" (1853) "Nobody's Story" (1853) "Going into Society" (1858) "Somebody's Luggage" (1862)

"Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings" (1863) "Mrs Lirriper's Legacy" (1864) "Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions" (1865)

Collaborative Works

"The Seven Poor Travellers" (1854) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... , Adelaide Procter, George Sala and Eliza Linton - about the Six Poor Travellers House Six Poor Travellers House Six Poor Travellers House is a 16th-century charity house in Rochester, Kent, founded by the local MP Richard Watts to provide free lodgings for poor travellers... ) "The Holly-tree Inn" (1855) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... , William Howitt William Howitt William Howitt , was an English author.He was born at Heanor, Derbyshire. His parents were Quakers, and he was educated at the Friends public school at Ackworth, Yorkshire. His younger brothers were Richard and Godrey whom he helped tutor. In 1814 he published a poem on the Influence of Nature and... , Harriet Parr and Adelaide Procter) "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" (1856) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... , Adelaide Procter, Harriet Parr, Percy Fitzgerald and Reverend James White) "The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners" (1857) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... ) "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices" (1857) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... ) "A House to Let 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' Household Words magazine... " (1858) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... , Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson , often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era...  and Adelaide Procter) "The Haunted House The Haunted House (story) The Haunted House is a story published in 1859 for the weekly periodical All the Year Round. It was "Conducted by Charles Dickens", with contributions from others... " (1859) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... , Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson , often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era... , Adelaide Procter, George Sala and Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton was the pen name of Sarah Smith , an English writer of children's books. She concocted the name from the initials of her five siblings and the name of a neighbouring village.-Early life:... ) "A Message from the Sea" (1860) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... , Robert Buchanan Robert Williams Buchanan Robert Williams Buchanan was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist.- Early life and education :He was the son of Robert Buchanan , Owenite lecturer and journalist, and was born at Caverswall, Staffordshire, England... , Charles Allston Collins Charles Allston Collins thumb|Convent Thoughts by CollinsCharles Allston Collins was a British painter, writer and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.-Early years:... , Amelia Edwards Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.Born in London to an Irish mother and a father who had been a British Army officer before becoming a banker, Edwards was educated at home by her mother, showing considerable promise as a writer at a young age...  and Harriet Parr) "Tom Tiddler's Ground" (1861) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... , Charles Allston Collins Charles Allston Collins thumb|Convent Thoughts by CollinsCharles Allston Collins was a British painter, writer and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.-Early years:... , Amelia Edwards Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.Born in London to an Irish mother and a father who had been a British Army officer before becoming a banker, Edwards was educated at home by her mother, showing considerable promise as a writer at a young age...  and John Harwood John Harwood John Harwood is an American journalist who is the Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC and a writer for The New York Times. He writes a weekly column entitled "The Caucus" that appears on Monday about Washington politics and policy... ) "The Trial for Murder" (1865) (with Charles Allston Collins Charles Allston Collins thumb|Convent Thoughts by CollinsCharles Allston Collins was a British painter, writer and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.-Early years:... ) "Mugby Junction Mugby Junction Mugby Junction was a set of short stories by Charles Dickens written in 1866. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine All The Year Round.... " (1866) (with Andrew Halliday Andrew Halliday Andrew Halliday [formerly Andrew Halliday Duff] was a Scottish journalist and dramatist.He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and in 1849 he went to London, and discarding the name of Duff, devoted himself to literature... , Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton was the pen name of Sarah Smith , an English writer of children's books. She concocted the name from the initials of her five siblings and the name of a neighbouring village.-Early life:... , Charles Allston Collins Charles Allston Collins thumb|Convent Thoughts by CollinsCharles Allston Collins was a British painter, writer and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.-Early years:...  and Amelia Edwards Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.Born in London to an Irish mother and a father who had been a British Army officer before becoming a banker, Edwards was educated at home by her mother, showing considerable promise as a writer at a young age... ) "No Thoroughfare 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: In Five Acts. This was the last stage production to be... " (1867) (with Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... )

Short story collections

Sketches by Boz Sketches by Boz Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: "Our Parish",... (1836) Master Humphrey's Clock Master Humphrey's Clock Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from April 4, 1840—December 4, 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends , and their penchant for telling stories... (1840-41) Boots at the Holly-tree Inn: And Other Stories (1858) Reprinted Pieces (1861) The Mudfog Papers The Mudfog Papers The Mudfog Papers was written by Victorian era novelist Charles Dickens and published from 1837–38 in the monthly literary serial Bentley's Miscellany, which he then edited.... (1880) aka Mudfog and Other Sketches

Nonfiction, poetry, and plays

The Village Coquettes (Plays, 1836) The Fine Old English Gentleman (poetry, 1841) American Notes American Notes American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if returning a status report on their progress... : For General Circulation (1842) Pictures from Italy Pictures from Italy Pictures from Italy is a travelogue by Charles Dickens, written in 1846. The book reveals the concerns of its author as he presents, according to Kate Flint, the country "like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it offers, and by himself as spectator".-Background:In... (1846) The Life of Our Lord The Life of Our Lord The Life of Our Lord was written by English novelist Charles Dickens for his young children between 1846 and 1849, at about the time that he was writing David Copperfield. It was published in 1934, sixty-four years after Dickens's death.... : As written for his children (1849) A Child's History of England 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 January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853. Dickens also published the work in book form in three volumes: the first volume on December 20, 1851; the second, December 25, 1852;... (1853)

The Frozen Deep (play, 1857) The Uncommercial Traveller The Uncommercial Traveller The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens.In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Traveller articles would be among his main contributions... (1860-1869) Speeches, Letters and Sayings (1870) Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces... (1851-1870, pub. 1982) The Complete Poems of Charles Dickens (1885)

Articles and essays

"A Coal Miner's Evidence" "Frauds on the Fairies" "In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray the first!" "The Lost Arctic Voyagers" (1854)

Letters

Editing and publication of Dicken’s letters started in 1949 when publisher Rupert Hart-Davis

Rupert Hart-Davis

Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis was an English publisher, editor and man of letters. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd...

 persuaded Humphry House of Wadham College, Oxford University to edit a complete edition of the letters. House died suddenly aged 46 in 1955. However the work continued, and by 1997 Volume 9 had been published.

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