He is best known for works such as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol , David Copperfield , A Tale of Two Cities and lots more. Charles Dickens began his career as a writer with Sketches by Boz in 1836. Order of Charles Dickens Books Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author who is considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian Era. It was written at the suggestion of an editor, for serial publication. It was a series dealing with London life in the manner and style of Leigh Hunt. However, the earliest of Charles Dicken’s work that caught appreciation was Pickwick Papers which was published in 1836.