... he toured America and took it by storm. His six-month trip bore literary fruit: the controversial and unflattering American Notes (1842) and the slyly devastating American episode in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44). He published A Christmas Carol in December 1843, the first of five widely popular Christmas books. In the mid to late 1840s, the Dickens family lived in Italy, Switzerland, and ... Copperfield (1850). The fifties marked a return to journalism for Dickens, and increasing attention to social problems. He published Bleak House (1852-53), Hard Times (1854), Little Dorrit (1855-57) a...

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... Clock.". In January, 1842, he set out for America. In this country he was accorded a reception greater than Americans usually give to royal visitors. He published American Notes upon his return to England, criticizing many aspects of American life and setting off a furor among Americans. In 1843 he commenced "Martin Chuzzlewit". In this novel, Dickens depicted his low opinion ... , perhaps the most perfect, natural and agreeable of his novels. "Bleak House" appeared in 1852-'53; "Hard Times," 1854; "Little Dorrit," 1855-'57; "A Tale of Two Cities," 1859; "Great Expectations," 1860-'61; "...

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... 1842, he was received with ovations but awakened some displeasure by his remarks on copyright protection and his approval of the abolition of slavery. He replied with sharp criticism of America in American Notes (1842) and the novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843). The first of his Christmas books was the well-loved A Christmas Carol (1843). In later years other short novels and stories ... Italy in 1844 and in Switzerland in 1846. Dombey and Son (1848) was the first in a string of triumphant novels including David Copperfield (1850), his own favorite novel, which was partly autobiographical; B...

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