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The Essential Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens is the most beloved novelist in the English language — a writer who gave Victorian England its moral conscience and gave the world some of its most unforgettable characters. This essential Charles Dickens reading list spans his complete career, from the rollicking comedy of The Pickwick Papers to the dark complexity of Our Mutual Friend. These are the best Dickens novels — the ones that define his genius and belong on every reader's shelf.