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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 10 greatest [[British]] [[novel]]s as ranked by the [[BBC]].<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151204-the-25-greatest-british-novels</ref> He is buried at Poets' Corner of [[Westminster Abbey]].

'''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 10 greatest [[British]] [[novel]]s as ranked by the [[BBC]].<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151204-the-25-greatest-british-novels</ref> He is buried at Poets' Corner of [[Westminster Abbey]], and merits 6 full pages in the ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]''.

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"/>