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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, whose works - 'Oliver Twist,' 'A Tale of Two Cities,' 'Great Expectations,' 'David Copperfield' - combined social crusading with extraordinary narrative power. His depictions of poverty and injustice galvanized reform movements, while his characters became permanent fixtures of the cultural imagination.
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