The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 13 books · 1837 to 1870 · Set in London

Charles Dickens

Literary and generalClassics

Charles Dickens wrote the great popular novels of Victorian England, full of unforgettable characters, comedy and anger at injustice: Oliver Twist among the thieves, Scrooge and his Christmas ghosts, David Copperfield, Pip and Miss Havisham.

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Charles Dickens books in order

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Novels

13 books · Set in LondonClassics
  1. 1The Pickwick Papers1837With Samuel PickwickBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Oliver Twist1838With Oliver TwistBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Nicholas Nickleby1839With Nicholas NicklebyBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Old Curiosity Shop1841With Little NellBuy on Amazon
  5. 5A Christmas Carol1843With Ebenezer ScroogeBuy on Amazon
  6. 6David Copperfield1850With David CopperfieldBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Bleak House1853With Esther SummersonBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Hard Times1854With Thomas GradgrindBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Little Dorrit1857With Amy DorritBuy on Amazon
  10. 10A Tale of Two Cities1859With Sydney CartonBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Great Expectations1861With PipBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Our Mutual Friend1865With John HarmonBuy on Amazon
  13. 13The Mystery of Edwin Drood1870Buy on Amazon

Characters

24 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads