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#Oliver Twist – 1837-39) (the first edition had a longer biblical title, Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress; the character Fagin was named after Bob Fagin, was was a fellow employee met by Charles Dickens as youngster working at a blacking factory)

#Oliver Twist – 1837-39) (the first edition had a longer biblical title, Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress; the character Fagin was named after Bob Fagin, was was a fellow employee met by Charles Dickens as youngster working at a blacking factory)

#Nicholas Nickleby – 1838-39 (Mrs. Nickleby was modeled after Dickens' mother)

#Nicholas Nickleby – 1838-39 (Mrs. Nickleby was modeled after Dickens' mother)

#The Old Curiosity Shop – 1840-41

#The Old Curiosity Shop – 1840-41 - adapted as ''Little Nell and the Marchioness'' for the petite, winsome actress Lotta Crabtree, who made it a theatrical sensation

#Barnaby Rudge – 1841 (an historical novel about the Gordon Riots of 1780)

#Barnaby Rudge – 1841 (an historical novel about the Gordon Riots of 1780)

#Martin Chuzzlewit – 1843-44 (written after an unpleasant trip to the [[United States]] by Dickens)

#Martin Chuzzlewit – 1843-44 (written after an unpleasant trip to the [[United States]] by Dickens)