Memorize these and you could recognize 66.4% of all Dickens clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Copperfield | 20 | It was the 1st novel Dickens wrote in the 1st person, probably because it was so personal |
| 2 | Great Expectations | 17 | 1 of 2 Dickens novels filmed in the 1940s by director David Lean |
| 3 | Oliver Twist | 16 | The only tokens of this child's identity were a locket & a ring |
| 4 | The Old Curiosity Shop | 15 | Little Dorrit has her own book, but Little Nell is a character in this one |
| 5 | A Tale of Two Cities | 12 | Chapter 16 in this binational novel is called "Still Knitting" |
| 6 | A Christmas Carol | 11 | Britannica says Dickens tossed off this holiday story while writing "Martin Chuzzlewit" |
| 7 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | 9 | The body of this possibly-murdered man is missing in Dickens' last & unfinished novel |
| 8 | Jacob Marley | 7 | Scrooge says of this ghost, "There's more of gravy than of grave about you", attributing him to indigestion |
| 9 | Nicholas Nickleby | 6 | The brothers Cheeryble are the generous benefactors & employers of this Dickensian hero |
| 10 | Hard Times | 4 | 1854 novel about tough goings in the industrial city of Coketown |
| 11 | Boz | 4 | Dickens' first book, a collection of "Sketches", was written under this pseudonym |
| 12 | Bleak House | 4 | John Jarndyce is the owner of this title country estate |
| 13 | the Pickwick Club | 4 | Editors suggested a club of hunters for a series, but Dickens changed the setting to this club of eccentrics |
| 14 | Ebenezer Scrooge | 3 | The name of this "A Christmas Carol" character has become synonymous with avarice |
| 15 | Wilkie Collins | 2 | Charles met this "Moonstone" author & writing partner through a man named Augustus Egg |
| 16 | Uriah Heep | 2 | The villainous redheaded law clerk in "David Copperfield" |
| 17 | mutual | 2 | Denotes a company co-owned by its investors, who share in its funding & profits |
| 18 | fog | 2 | "A London particular" was how Dickens described this condition in the novel "Bleak House" |
| 19 | Dombey and Son | 2 | Little Paul is the "son" in this Dickens title business |
| 20 | Christmas | 2 | Almost every year from 1843 to 1867 Dickens wrote a special story or book for this holiday |
| 21 | a cricket | 2 | In an 1845 tale, Mrs. Peerybingle says, "To have" one of these "on the hearth is the luckiest thing in all the world!" |
| 22 | "David Copperfield" | 2 | Mr. Creakle, Peggotty, Mr. Micawber |
| 23 | "A Tale of Two Cities" | 2 | Monsieur the Marquis, Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette |
| 24 | Sydney Carton | 2 | He delivers his "It is a far, far better" speech from the scaffold |
| 25 | Martin Chuzzlewit | 2 | "M.C." |
| 26 | Edwin Drood | 2 | It's a "Mystery" who killed this title character, but Charles Dickens Jr. said his father told him it was Jasper |