Which 19th-century novelist is conventionally placed in the Victorian period of British literature?

1. The Victorian period spans approximately 1837-1901. 2. Dickens published most of his major novels in that window. 3. Chaucer (medieval), Donne (metaphysical), Marlowe (Renaissance) belong to earlier periods. _Source: Literary History — composite reference — "Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Postmodern (periodisation context)"_