“Among history’s greatest literary figures, Dickens’ name is listed alongside Shakespeare’s. He was the most widely read author of his time. Soldiers in the American Civil War carried his books to read aloud around nightly campfires. He was more popular in Russia than many of the great Russian novelists. His twenty novels are all still in print, and he remains popular today.” ReadingBooksCharles Dickens Book:Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London Source: Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London