Charles Dickens Dickens enjoyed reading as a youth. Dickens was the most popular novelist of his time, and remains one of the best-known and most-read of English authors. His works have never gone out of print, and have been adapted continually for the screen since the invention of cinema, with at least 200 motion pictures and TV adaptations based on Dickens's works documented. Many of his works were adapted for the stage during his own lifetime, and as early as 1913, a silent film of "The Pickwick Papers" was made. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded
Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.) Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.) Sam Jones is a fictional character who debuted on the American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960 – 1968). Jones then went on to star in the spin-off show "Mayberry R.F.D.". Jones is portrayed by American actor Ken Berry. Sam lives in the fictional community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He is a farmer, thus lives outside of town. He does not appear in "The Andy Griffith Show" until the final four episodes of the final season when he is elected to the town council. He appeared in all 78 episodes of "Mayberry R. F. D."