Dear Mr. Dickens,

Thank you for Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, The Artful Dodger, “Pip”, Bob Crachit, Estella, David Copperfield, Fagin, Little Dorritt, Bill Sykes, Mr. Micawber, Nicholas Nickleby, and Miss Havisham. 

Happy 200th Birthday!  Through all of your characters you are immortal. The best thing we can do today to celebrate is to read on of your books.

—Vintage Books (and your fans around the world)

Gothic Victorian Book Holder.  A must have for any book-lover’s home.

Author A.S. Byatt’s “Victorian attic in Putney”, where she writes