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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - Coggle Diagram
Charles Dickens
(1812-1870)
Biografy
at fifteen become stenographer
1827 began
as a freelance journalist
family finance improved
started full-time career as novelist
father imprisoned debt
he got married (1836)
-Born in Portsmouth
but divorced
father released, and he was sent to a school
unhappy childhood
put to work in a factory
Main works
Little Dorrit
Oliver twist
Was begun in 1837
published 2 years later
in this works
the protagonist of his autobiographical novels
became
symbols of an exploited childhood
Characters
Always on the side of the poor
children are the most important
most from lower class
Dicken's aim
fault of legal system (oliver twist)
to improve society
expose social problems
without offending middle-class