Charles John Huffam Dickens -LRB- ; 7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870 -RRB- was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature 's most iconic characters.
Charles Dickens -LRB- 7 fÃ © vrier 1812 â '' June 9 1870 -RRB- was one of the great English writers of the 19th century.