the novels of charles dickens

  Charles Dickens Novel's\

Many of the greatest books of all time have captured challenging moments in history.

• When it comes to state-of-the-nation novels, more often than not we look to the American greats like Philip Roth, John Updike and Tom Wolfe.
• Imperial Britain was arguably where it all began, with authors like Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope.
• Zadie Smith, Anthony Burgess and Martin Amis have helped keep the tradition alive here.
• But could Brexit inspire a new wave of British writers to tackle modern society in fiction form?