In the 1830s he used the pen name "Boz" and even published the work "Sketches by Boz" (1836). However, he became more famous when using his real name.
I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.
Liked to write about spartan London life.
Aquarius
Charles John Huffam Dickens
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
(age 58)
Gad's Hill, Rochester, Kent, England, UK