y News. It was not a great commercial success and Dickens resigned as editor. However, he was determined to create a means where he could communicate his ideas on social reform and in 1850 he began editing Household Words. The weekly journal included articles on politics, science and history. To increase the number of people willing to buy Household Words, it also contained short stories and humorous pieces. By 1851 the twenty-four page Household Words was soon selling 40,000 copies a week. When Dickens's argued with the publishers of Household Words in 1859, he closed the journal and replaced it with All the Year Round. The new journal still covered social issues but mainly concentrated on literary matters. Several important novels came out of the development of All the Year Round including Dickens's own A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, The journal also published three of Wilkie Collins's novels, The Woman in White, No Name and The Moonstone. All of his success was shadowed by unhappiness. Charles Dickens began having a relationship with a young actress named Ellen Ternan, which led to his separation from his wife, Catherine in 1858, after the marriage had produced ten children. He suffered a fatal stroke on June 9, 1870, and was buried in Westminster Abbey five days later.Charles Dickens was the greatest and most popular English Author of his time. He introduced a new way of writing realistic fiction stories. Dickens's novels of modern life is shown in Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, show an amazing ability to create living characters. His graphic exposures of social evils and his powers of drawing cartoons and humor have made him very popular among the people of his day and ours. His novels have been read, translated and sold all around the world in his day and in ours. Some of his stories have been made into motion pictures. My favorite Christmas movie that I always look forward t...
