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DICKENS
Born
in Portsmouth
1812
Unhappy
childhood
worked in a factory :
he was 12 years old
became
newspaper reporter
his pen name were
Boz
he
wrote
Sketches by Boz
articles
London
people and scenes
three different social levels
the degraded world
of the workhouses
the criminal world
murderers, pickpockets
the Victorian middle class
respectable people
autobiographical novels
Oliver Twist
Hard Times
characters
created
caricatures
exaggerated and ridiculed
peculiar social characteristics
weak female characters
children
resolve the contradictions
created by the adult
themes
Family
childhood
poverty
stylistic features
several details
long list
the same concept is expressed more than once
suspense
Aim
alleviate social sufferings
highlight all the great Victorian controversies
scandals in private schools
the horrors of factory employment
prostitution
the appalling living conditions
corruption in government
HARD TIMES
setting 🡪
Coketown
“denunciation novel”
Characters 🡪 people living and working in
third person