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CHARLES DICKENS (PORTSMOUTH 1812 - LONDON 1870) - Coggle Diagram
CHARLES DICKENS (PORTSMOUTH 1812 - LONDON 1870)
1824
SENT TO WORK IN A FACTORY - TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE
WORKED AS A REPORTER (1832) AND JOURNALIST
MAIN WORKS
PICKWICK PAPERS (1836)
MADE DICKENS FAMOUS
HARD TIMES
OLIVER TWIST
DAVID COPPERFIELD
OLIVER TWIST (1837-9)
PLOT
STORY OF AN ORPHAN WHO GROWS UP IN AN ORPHANAGE AND THEN HAS A SERIES OF ADVENTURES IN THE CITY OF LONDON AND HE WORKS FOR A CRIMINAL CALLED FAGIN. OLIVER IS CHASED BY A MYSTERIOUS MAN CALLED MONKS - HIS HALF BROTHER - WHO WANTS TO KILL HIM.
EVENTUALLY HE FINDS A GOOD FAMILY AND GOOD FINANCIAL SITUATION.
MAIN THEMES
CRITICISM OF VICTORIAN SOCIETY
VICTIORIAN CITY: SOURCE OF INJUSTICE, VIOLENCE AND POVERTY
IDEALISED COUNTRY SIDE: IT PURIFIES PEOPLE FROM THE HORROR OF THE CITY
OLIVER'S PURITY CHALLENGES VICTORIAN NOTION THAT POVERTY WAS EVIL.
CHARACTERS
MONKS
MRS MAYLIE
FAGIN
ROSE
MR BROWNLOW