The Enduring Legacy of Charles Dickens Can you ever have too much Dickens? The Portsmouth-born storyteller, born in 1812, still captivates audiences one-and-a-half centuries after his death in 1870. His prodigious output includes numerous edited journals, seemingly countless novels filled with memorable quotes and phrases, a wealth of novellas, countless short stories, and a significant amount of non-fiction. Dickens was not just a writer; he was a social campaigner. His exp