Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "THE ESSENTIAL DICKENS – 8 Greatest Novels in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.