suffering poor profiting england 's economic prosperity significant early examples genre include ''sybil two nations'' benjamin disraeli charles kingsley 's ''alton locke'' charles dickens emerged literary scene late soon became probably famous novelist history english literature dickens fiercely satirised various aspects society including workhouse ''oliver twist'' failures legal system ''bleak house'' early rival dickens william makepeace thackeray victorian period ranked second
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