Happy Birthday, Mr. Dickens

Today is the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth.  We all recognize him as an author and can probably name at least one, if not more, of his books.  And those books have never gone out of print!  (If he'd been writing in the 1960's instead of the 1860's that might not be true.  But of course he'd have written different books under the influence of a different century, so it's comparing apples and penguins.)

In England, there is The World of Charles Dickens Theme Park.  Very cool. 

Each of his novels was hand-written, every draft!  Hug your computer and give it chocolates...

(Dickens in 1858; photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens)