Dickens

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1 David Copperfield 20x

2 Great Expectations 17x

3 Oliver Twist 16x

4 The Old Curiosity Shop 15x

5 A Tale of Two Cities 12x

6 A Christmas Carol 11x

7 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 9x

8 Jacob Marley 7x

9 Nicholas Nickleby 6x

10 Hard Times 4x

11 Boz 4x

12 Bleak House 4x

13 the Pickwick Club 4x

14 Ebenezer Scrooge 3x

15 Wilkie Collins 2x

16 Uriah Heep 2x

17 mutual 2x

18 fog 2x

19 Dombey and Son 2x

20 Christmas 2x

21 a cricket 2x

22 "David Copperfield" 2x

23 "A Tale of Two Cities" 2x

24 Sydney Carton 2x

25 Martin Chuzzlewit 2x

26 Edwin Drood 2x

Sample Clues

This 1850 Dickens novel is considered his "veiled autobiography"

David Copperfield

1 of 2 Dickens novels filmed in the 1940s by director David Lean

Great Expectations

In this novel, Mr. Bumble ends up as an inmate in the workhouse that he once oversaw

Oliver Twist

The title setting of this novel includes figures in china, iron & ivory; suits of armor; old carvings & furniture

The Old Curiosity Shop

Both "Barnaby Rudge" & this other famous Dickens novel begin in 1775 & deal with mob violence

A Tale of Two Cities

Sub-Areas

Other 148

Oliver Twist (15) David Copperfield (15) Great Expectations (14) The Old Curiosity Shop (14) A Tale of Two Cities (10) A Christmas Carol (8) Jacob Marley (7) Nicholas Nickleby (5) Bleak House (4) Hard Times (3)

British Literature 42

David Copperfield (5) A Christmas Carol (3) Great Expectations (3) A Tale of Two Cities (2) Pickwick Club (2) fog (2) Christmas (2) The Cricket on the Hearth (1) debtor's prison (1) Dombey and Son (1)

Mystery / Thriller 12

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (9) "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (1) (Edwin) Drood (1) a mystery (1)

Children's Literature 6

Boz (4) Bob Cratchit (1) draught (1)

Poetry 2

a raven (1) the Poet's Corner (1)