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A Review of Reading Oliver Twist I. Introduction Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and the creator of some of the worlds most memorable fictional characters. During his lifetime Dickens works enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame, but it was in the twentieth century that his literary genius was fully recognized by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to enjoy an enduring popularity among the general reading public. Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, is one of the most influential works ever written, and it remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. His creative genius has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to G. K. Chesterton and George Orwell—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand Oscar Wilde, Henry James and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism. Dickens worked at the law office of Ellis and Blackmore, attorneys, of Holborn Court, HYPERLINK /wiki/Gray%27s_Inn \o Grays Inn Grays Inn, as a junior HYPERLINK /wiki/Law_clerk \o Law clerk clerk from May 1827 to November 1828. Then, having learned HYPERLINK /wiki/Thomas_Gurney_(shorthand_writer) \o Thomas Gurney (shorthand writer) Gurneys system of shorthand in his spare time, he left to become a freelance reporter. In late November 1851, Dickens moved into HYPERLINK /wiki/Tavistock_House \o Tavistock House Tavistock House where he would write Bleak House, Hard Times and Little Dorrit.It was here he indulged in the amateur theatricals which are described in Forsters Life.In 1856, the income he was earning from his writing allowed him to buy Gads Hill Place in Higham, Kent. As a child, Dickens had walked past the house and dreamed of liv