An Original Handwritten and Signed Paper Slip from Writer Charles Dickens. Dated 1852. Charles John Huffam Dickens 1812 – 1870 was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature'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 widely read today. Size is 114mm x 80mm. In good condition. Mounted on paper with marking to edges.