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Literary career Dickens found himself primarily as a reporter. The direction

Literary career

Dickens found himself primarily as a reporter. The direction of

his work is realism and the genre is a novel. Dickens' first moral descriptions, which he called «Bose's Essays», were printed in 1836. Dickens expected great success in the same year after the release of the chapters of his «The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club». Two years later, Dickens performed with «Oliver Twist» and «Nicholas Nickleby».
In 1843, A «Christmas Carol» was released, followed by «The Chimes»,
«The Cricket on the Hearth», «The Battle of Life», «The Haunted Man».
At the same time, Dickens became editor-in-chief of the «Daily News». In this newspaper, he got the opportunity to express his socio-political views.
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Later works The novel «Little Dorrit» (1855-1857) was followed by Dickens's

Later works

The novel «Little Dorrit» (1855-1857) was followed by Dickens's historical

novel «A Tale of Two Cities» (1859), dedicated to the French Revolution. «Great Expectations» (1861), a novel with biographical features, belong to the same time. He described his dark thoughts in the detective novel «The Mystery of Edwin Drood».
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After death Dickens' fame continued to grow after his death. He

After death

Dickens' fame continued to grow after his death. He was

turned into a real idol of English literature. His name began to be called next to the name of Shakespeare, his popularity in England in the 1880-1890s. eclipsed the fame of Byron. Dickens gained primarily the fame of the jolly writer of jolly old England.