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Charles Dickens (Female characters (weak, black or white, always on the…
Charles Dickens
Female characters
weak
black or white
always on the side of poor and the outcast
Born Portsmouth
father went to prison for debt
had to work in a factory at 12
inspire much of the content of his novel
realised his talent for writing
became a journalist at Parliament and Law Courts
pen name
Boz
Sketches by Boz published in the
Monthly Magazine
followed by
Posthumours Papers of the Pickwick Club
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Was also the busy editor of magazines
Household Words
Novel
influenced by
Bible
Fairy tales
Fables
Nursery rhymes
Gotic Novels
condition of publication
in instalments
discouraged unified plotting
created pressure on Dickens
to conform to the public taste
Mature Work
succeeded in drawing attention
public abuses
evils
wrongs by juxtaposing terrible
description of London misey and crime
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Children
often most important characters
are moral teachers
instead of the taught
exemple instead of the imitators
his task
was never to induce revolution
to get common intelligence of the country
in all its different classes alike
to alleviate undeniable suffering
employed
most effective language
used repetition of word and structures
Juxtapositions of images and ideas
hyperobolic and ironic remarks