Charles Dickens was not just a great writer, but a generally good guy. He was a social critic who advocated for the poor and disadvantaged and lent his time and money to many reformist causes. His private life, however, was awkward, to say the least. He liked to present himself as a paragon of Victorian rectitude, but among other things, he not only cheated on his wife but cheated on his wife with her sisters. In their marital home. Below are thirty things about that and other lesser-known awkward and dark facts about famous people.
Some of the Greatest Men in History Had Dark and Scandalous Secrets
Charles Dickens. Encyclopedia Britannica
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30. The Nineteenth Century’s Greatest Writer
Charles Dickens, in full Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 – 1870), was the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most successful writers of all time. A literary genius, he penned fifteen novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, and edited a weekly journal for twenty years. Fortune smiled on Dickens, and he enjoyed greater popularity in his lifetime than any other author had until then. His works, such as A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and David Copperfield, captivated readers of his era, and are still widely read today. He was not just a popular novelist, though, but was also a social critic.
