In December 1833 Charles Dickens' first literary effort was

published. It was a sketch or essay entitled A Dinner at Poplar Walk.

Other sketches soon followed.

Dickens wanted a memorable way of identifying the sketches as his. He

finally picked a nickname for himself. One of his favorite characters in

Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield was called Moses. Moses became Boses which

became Boz. In 1836 a collection of the essays entitled Sketches by Boz

was published and was a great success.

Some of Dickens' greatest works were not initially published as books. For

example, Great Expectations was first presented as a serial in a weekly

weekly magazine entitled All the Year Round.
 
 

A partial list of the works of Charles Dickens:

Sketches by Boz

The Pickwick Papers

Oliver Twist

Nicholas Nickleby

Barnaby Rudge

Old Curiosity Shop

American Notes

Martin Chuzzlewit

Chimes

Dombey and Son

David Copperfield

Bleak House

Hard Times

Little Dorrit

Frozen Deep

A Tale of Two Cities

All the Year Round

Great Expectations(abstract)

Our Mutual Friend

A Christmas Carol