<P> The bibliography of Charles Dickens (1812--70) includes more than a dozen major novels, a large number of short stories (including Christmas - themed stories and ghost stories), several plays, several non-fiction books, and individual essays and articles . Dickens's novels were serialized initially in weekly or monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats . </P> <P> A chronological list of Dickens' major works </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Year completed </Th> <Th> Type </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sketches by Boz </Td> <Td> 1836 </Td> <Td> Short Stories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Pickwick Papers </Td> <Td> 1837 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Mudfog Papers </Td> <Td> 1838 </Td> <Td> Short Stories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oliver Twist </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholas Nickleby </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Old Curiosity Shop </Td> <Td> 1841 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barnaby Rudge </Td> <Td> 1841 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Master Humphrey's Clock </Td> <Td> 1841 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Notes </Td> <Td> 1842 </Td> <Td> Non-fiction Travelogue </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Christmas Carol </Td> <Td> 1843 </Td> <Td> Novella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Martin Chuzzlewit </Td> <Td> 1844 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Chimes </Td> <Td> 1844 </Td> <Td> Novella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Cricket on the Hearth </Td> <Td> 1845 </Td> <Td> Novella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pictures from Italy </Td> <Td> 1846 </Td> <Td> Non-fiction Travelogue </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Battle of Life </Td> <Td> 1846 </Td> <Td> Novella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dombey and Son </Td> <Td> 1848 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain </Td> <Td> 1848 </Td> <Td> Novella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Life of Our Lord </Td> <Td> 1849 </Td> <Td> Non-fiction History </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Copperfield </Td> <Td> 1850 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Child's History of England </Td> <Td> 1853 </Td> <Td> Non-fiction History </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bleak House </Td> <Td> 1853 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "The Long Voyage" </Td> <Td> 1853 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hard Times </Td> <Td> 1854 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "The Holly - Tree Inn" </Td> <Td> 1855 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Little Dorrit </Td> <Td> 1857 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices </Td> <Td> 1857 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reprinted Pieces </Td> <Td> 1858 </Td> <Td> Short Stories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Tale of Two Cities </Td> <Td> 1859 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "The Haunted House" </Td> <Td> 1859 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Expectations </Td> <Td> 1861 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "Somebody's Luggage" </Td> <Td> 1862 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings / Legacy </Td> <Td> 1864 </Td> <Td> Short Stories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Our Mutual Friend </Td> <Td> 1865 </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "The Signal - Man" </Td> <Td> 1866 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "No Thoroughfare" </Td> <Td> 1867 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "A Holiday Romance" </Td> <Td> 1868 </Td> <Td> Short Story </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Uncommercial Traveller </Td> <Td> 1869 </Td> <Td> Short Stories and Reminiscences </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Mystery of Edwin Drood </Td> <Td> 1870 </Td> <Td> Novel (unfinished) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Year completed </Th> <Th> Type </Th> </Tr>

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