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CHARLES DICKENS NOVELS (Oliver Twist 1837 - 1838 (Dickens attacked (the…
CHARLES DICKENS
NOVELS
Oliver Twist
1837 - 1838
Horrors of the workhouses
Extreme poverty
Degradation and criminal life
Dickens attacked
the Poor Law and its false humanitarian measures
the corrupt administration
the society indifferent to the physical and moral degradation of its most defenceless members
Childhood deprived of its innocence
Hard Times
1854
Dickens denounced
Exploitation of the working class during the Industrial Revolution
Inhumanity of the factory system
Sense of alienation
The principles of the Utilitarian philosophy
everything was judged according to its practical and material values
Great Expectations
1860 - 1861
Apprenticeship novel (Bildungsroman)
Autobiographical elements
Blacking factory experiences
Estella modelled on the Irish actress Ellen Ternan, his mistress
Fading away of hopes and illusions
Sense of isolation and loneliness