Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), better known by his pen name Charles Dickens, was an English novelist, social critic, and writer. He is widely considered the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era, and many of his works remain popular today. His style was characterized by subtle humor and biting satire. He depicted a side of the lives of the poor, and launched a fierce campaign against those responsible for orphanages, schools, and prisons. Among his most famous works are: Oliver Twist (1839), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Hard Times, translated into Arabic by Munir Baalbaki, and David Copperfield (1850). Charles John Huffam Dickens (Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts) was an English novelist, one of the most popular writers of the Victorian era, and a social activist. He was known by the pseudonym “Boz”. He died of a severe brain stroke.