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'''Charles Dickens''' (1812 - 1870) was an English novelist and reformist writer felt by some to be second only to [[Shakespeare]] in English literature.  He wrote many well-known books (see [[Dickens novels]]), including 3 of the top 10 greatest [[British]] [[novel]]s ever as ranked by the [[BBC]].<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151204-the-25-greatest-british-novels</ref>   

'''Charles Dickens''' (1812 - 1870) was an English novelist and reformist writer felt by some to be second only to [[Shakespeare]] in English literature.  He wrote many well-known books (see [[Dickens novels]]), including 3 of the top 10 greatest [[British]] [[novel]]s ever as ranked by the [[BBC]].<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151204-the-25-greatest-british-novels</ref>   

Dickens was devoutly [[Christian]] and wrote ''The Life of Our Lord'' for children, but felt he had to keep his [[faith]] and book private by prohibiting the publication of this work until the last of his children ultimately passed away,<ref name="CH">https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/faith-behind-the-famous-charles-dickens</ref>  Dickens wrote in his last will and testament, dated May 12, 1869: “I commit my soul to the mercy of God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and I exhort my dear children humbly to try to guide themselves by the teaching of the New Testament in its broad spirit, and to put no faith in any man’s narrow construction of its letter here or there.”<ref name="CH"/>

Dickens was devoutly [[Christian]] and wrote ''The Life of Our Lord'' for children, but felt he had to keep his [[faith]] and book private by prohibiting the publication of this work until the last of his children ultimately passed away,<ref name="CH">https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/faith-behind-the-famous-charles-dickens</ref>  Dickens wrote in his last will and testament, dated May 12, 1869: “I commit my soul to the mercy of [[God]] through our [[Lord]] and Saviour [[Jesus]] Christ, and I exhort my dear children humbly to try to guide themselves by the teaching of the [[New Testament]] in its broad spirit, and to put no faith in any man’s narrow construction of its letter here or there.”<ref name="CH"/>

Dickens' more famous works include:

Dickens' more famous works include: