Charles Dickens was a creator.
Charles John Huffam Dickens ( [ ˈdɪkᵻnz ] 7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870 ) was an English writer and social critic . He created some of the world 's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era . Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age . David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens .