{"slug": "charles-dickens", "label": "Charles Dickens", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5686", "qid": "Q5686", "description": "English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)", "entries": 19, "years": 14, "span": [1775, 1978], "span_label": ["1775 CE", "1978 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 9}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 3}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-city", "label": "New York City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "february", "label": "February", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-shakespeare", "label": "William Shakespeare", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aristotle", "label": "Aristotle", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kent", "label": "Kent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "french-revolution", "label": "French Revolution", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The historical fiction A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by English novelist Charles Dickens opens in this year (\"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times\"); it is the story of London and Paris leading up to the French Revolution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738778#In_literature", "title": "1775 in France", "revid": 1353738778, "section": "In literature"}}, {"year": 1812, "year_label": "1812 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 7", "text": "February 7 – Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364673712#Births", "title": "1812", "revid": 1364673712, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1836, "year_label": "1836 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 (dated April) – The first monthly part of Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (\"The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club..., edited by Boz\") is published in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342504#January–March", "title": "1836", "revid": 1368342504, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1837, "year_label": "1837 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February", "text": "February – Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist begins publication in serial form in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360323585#January–March", "title": "1837", "revid": 1360323585, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1838, "year_label": "1838 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – The first installment of Nicholas Nickleby, the new novel by Charles Dickens, is released as the opener of a 20-part serialization in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360381946#January–March", "title": "1838", "revid": 1360381946, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1843, "year_label": "1843 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366016136#January–March", "title": "1843", "revid": 1366016136, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1843, "year_label": "1843 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "December 17", "text": "17 December – Publication of Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol by Chapman & Hall in London at his expense. It introduces the character Ebenezer Scrooge. Released on 19 December, the first printing sells out by Christmas Eve and inspires charitable giving.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367688844#Events", "title": "1843 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1367688844, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1843, "year_label": "1843 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – Charles Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol is first published in London, England. Released on December 19, it sells out by Christmas Eve.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366016136#October–December", "title": "1843", "revid": 1366016136, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1843, "year_label": "1843 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – \"A Christmas Carol\", by Charles Dickens, was first published on December 19, 1843, with the first edition sold out by Christmas Eve. By 1844, the novella had gone through 13 printings and continues to be a robust seller more than 175 years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332607829#October–December", "title": "1843 in the United States", "revid": 1332607829, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1854, "year_label": "1854 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens' magazine, Household Words.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496011#April–June", "title": "1854", "revid": 1362496011, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1854, "year_label": "1854 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 1", "text": "1 April – Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens's magazine, Household Words.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310313#Events", "title": "1854 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1368310313, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#April–June", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1860, "year_label": "1860 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371066131#December", "title": "1860", "revid": 1371066131, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – The Arts Club is founded by Charles Dickens, Frederic Leighton and others in Hanover Square, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#June", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – In a New York City theater, English author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#December", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Charles Dickens, British novelist (b. 1812)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496807#January–June", "title": "1870", "revid": 1362496807, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – English novelist Charles Dickens dies at Gads Hill Place in Kent, leaving his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496807#June", "title": "1870", "revid": 1362496807, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – David Lean's Oliver Twist, based on Charles Dickens's famous novel, premieres in the UK. It is banned for 3 years in the U.S., because of alleged antisemitism in depicting master criminal Fagin, played by Alec Guinness.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#June", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#February", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › February"}}]}