Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) 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 novels and characters.Wikipedia
Dickens work doesn't correspond to present day's political correctness; in too many passages people find articulation of antisemitism and racism. Due to his grand work and fame his work is still available and red. Calls, that public libraries should get rid of his racist work couldn't win wide support yet.
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Charles Dickens Museum London
Charles Dickens’s Inner Child
While it’s tempting to see Charles Dickens as a fusion of his heroes and villains, on the great British novelist’s 200th birthday his true gifts should be recognized: a respect for childhood and a willingness to atone for his mistakes.
By Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, Febr. 2012
Charles Dickens in the New York Times - including the Charles Dickens Navigator
Seiten, die die Welt bedeuten.
Zum 200. Geburtstag des englischen Schriftstellers Charles Dickens
NZZ, 4.2.2012
Dickens, der Geist
Charles Dickens' fiktionale Welt prägt Londons Topografie bis heute.
Von Graham Swift, NZZ 4.2.2012
Siehe auch die Beilage der «NZZ am Sonntag»: Bücher am Sonntag, Januar 2012
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