The Pickwick Papers is a sequence of loosely related adventures written for serialization in a periodical. Charles Dickens in full Charles John Huffam Dickens (born February 7 1812 Portsmouth Hampshire England—died June 9 1870 Gad’s Hill near Chatham Kent) English novelist generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His many volumes include such works as A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations and Our Mutual Friend.