A Child's History of England

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication.

1. Ancient England and the Romans; 2. Ancient England under the early Saxons; 3. England under the good Saxon, Alfred, and Edward the Elder; 4. England under Athelstan and the six boy-kings; 5. England under Canute the Dane; 6. England under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, and Edward the Confessor; 7. England under Harold the Second, and conquered by the Normans; 8. England under William the First, the Norman conqueror; 9. England under William the Second, called Rufus; 10. England under Henry the First, called Fine-Scholar; 11. England under Matilda and Stephen; 12. England under Henry the Second; 13. England under Richard the First, called the Lion-Heart; 14. England under John, called Lackland.

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This popular three-volume work, originally serialised in Household Words between 1851 and 1853, reflects the great novelist's political outlook.