Charles Dickens

1812 - 1870 *

one of the most popular novelists of all time, whose writings combined a range of extraordinary qualities

The novels of Dickens' later life combine extraordinary caricatures and rhetoric with an astonishing sense of social and psychological awarness. They are regarded by critics as some of the most important literary works ever.

Dickens was the most famous author of his era, and his fame grew as he wrote more novels. The Pitwick Papers, which followed a unique method of publication - in monthly installments - set the standard for many similar texts in England at the time.

Dickens left school at the age of 15, and was forced into hard work to support himself. His later novels, particularly David Copperfield, include characters in the same predicament.

          Source: Classics Network Editorial Team

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The Importance of Mrs. Joe in Great Expectations -- How far is this character vital to the novel
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The Unfulfilled Fairytale in Great Expectations -- Falling from Expectations: Pip's Story Examined
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Ambiguity of the Characters in A Tale of Two Cities -- An analysis of the ambiguity in values and actions of the characters.
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The Significance of Compassion in Oliver Twist -- Despite horrifying accounts of reality in the novel Oliver Twist, Dickens also portrayed compassion for the down-trodden through many of his characters.
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the life of Charles Dickens -- the birth place of Roald Dalh and were he lived his jobs the schools he went and all other things he done
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Changes in the Character of Pip -- Great expectations and the major changes in Pip's character
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Great expectations : Changes in the Character of Pip -- My essay will focus on Pip as a character who undergoes disparate changes during the novel
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Great Expectations: Use of Irony -- Irony as displayed by Dickens throughout Great Expectations
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Secondary Characters in Tale of Two Cities -- How Jerry Cruncher, Miss Pross, and Jarvis Lorry function in their different ways to aid the plot of Tale of Two Cities.
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Miscellaneous

		David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page -- an outstanding page which includes information on each of Dickens' novels and main characters, historical background and an interesting look at many related issues http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/ Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 1046 1 users have rated it an average of 4 stars     [rate it] The Victorian Web - Charles Dickens: An Overview -- many useful articles on Dickens' historical context and narrative technique http://65.107.211.206/dickens/dickensov.... Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 540 2 users have rated it an average of 5 stars     [rate it] The Dickens Project -- a University of California consortium devoted to promoting the study and enjoyment of the life, times, and works http://humwww.ucsc.edu/dickens/index.htm... Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 351 1 users have rated it an average of 3 stars     [rate it] The Dickens Page: Links -- comprehensive list of links to Dickens sites on the internet http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dic... Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 365 0 users have rated it an average of 0 stars     [rate it]

     

A demd, damp, moist, unpleasant body! -- Nicholas Nickleby. Chap. xxxiv.

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He has gone to the demnition bow-wows. -- Nicholas Nickleby. Chap. lxiv.

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My life is one demd horrid grind. -- Nicholas Nickleby. Chap. lxiv.

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He had used the word in a Pickwickian sense. -- Pickwick Papers. Chap. i.

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Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace? -- Pickwick Papers. Chap. v.

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The wictim of connubiality. -- Pickwick Papers. Chap. xx.

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I am a lone lorn creetur and everythink goes contrairy with me. -- David Copperfield. Chap. iii.

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Barkis is willin'. -- David Copperfield. Chap. v.

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Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. -- David Copperfield. Chap. xii.

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I never will desert Mr. Micawber. -- David Copperfield. Chap. xii.

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