Charles Dickens, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

Night Walks

By Charles Dickens|2026-05-17T19:15:40-05:00May 17th, 2026|Categories: Charles Dickens, Literature|

Some years ago, a temporary inability to sleep, referable to a distressing impression, caused me to walk about the streets all night, for a series of several nights. The disorder might have taken a long time to conquer, if it had been faintly experimented on in bed; but, it was soon defeated by the brisk [...]

“It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times”

By Charles Dickens|2020-04-21T08:41:04-05:00November 26th, 2016|Categories: Books, Charles Dickens, Featured, Quotation|

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it [...]