Dickens, Charles – clipped signature During his career Dickens achieved massive worldwide popularity, winning acclaim for his rich storytelling and memorable characters. Considered one of the English language’s greatest writers, he was the foremost novelist of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner. The popularity of his novels and short stories during his lifetime and to the present is demonstrated by the fact that none has ever gone out of print. Dickens wrote serialized novels, which was the usual format for fiction at the time, and each new part of his stories would be eagerly anticipated by the reading public. This bold and fluid clipped signature is framed with tan suede and ornate molding.
