Charles Dickens to discuss them. "Nicholas Nickleby" (1838–39), "The Old Curiosity Shop" (184041) and, finally, his first historical novel, "Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty", as part of the "Master Humphrey's Clock" series (1840–41), were all published in monthly instalments before being made into books. In the midst of all his activity during this period, there was discontent with his publishers and John Macrone was bought off, while Richard Bentley signed over all his rights in "Oliver Twist". Other signs of a certain restlessness and discontent emerge—in Broadstairs he flirted with Eleanor Picken, the young fiancée of his solicitor's
Charles Gordon (journalist) the short-lived sitcom "Not My Department". He also wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Paul Hiebert's influential humor novel "Sarah Binks". He was a three-time nominee for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, garnering nods in 1986 for "The Governor General's Bunny Hop", in 1994 for "How Not to Be Too Bad" and in 2002 for "The Grim Pig". He was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Brandon in 1994. Charles Gordon (journalist) Charles Gordon (born 1940) is a Canadian writer and retired journalist, best known as a longtime columnist for the "Ottawa