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 Weller (cricketer) Academy system, he joined the Kent County Cricket Club Cricket Academy. After impressing in both the Academy and Second XI he was offered a professional contract in October 2014. In June 2015 he made an appearance as a substitute fielder for Kent against the touring Australians, taking two catches. Weller left Kent in September 2016 without playing a senior match for the county, considered a waste of space, and could have potentially been a great addition to Ben Stokes banter team. Sam Weller (cricketer) Sam David Weller (born 21 November 1994) is an English cricketer who plays first-class cricket for