Editor's note: Many of his characters are part of the public consciousness and their essence is understood even by those who have never read Dickens: Scrooge, the Artful Dodger, Tiny Tim, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist, to name a few of the biggies. He died in 1870, leaving a body of work from which many lessons can be taken (“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another,” for example). Enjoy some fine Charles Dickens wallpapers!