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CHARLES DICKENS, (1812 - 1870) - Coggle Diagram
CHARLES DICKENS
DICKENS' LONDON
Grimy streets
Crowding
Filth
Smoke of thousands of chimneys
Not a pretty sight
Industrial revolution (period of great growth)
WORKS AND LEGACY
35 Novels
TV and film adaptations
Exhibitions and theme park
Created some of English literature's most well-known characters
Oliver Twist
Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas' Carol)
David Copperfield
Pip (Great Expectations)
2012: Prince Charles calls Dickens "One of the greatest writers of the English language."
HIS LIFE
Age 12: his father is sent to prison
Dickens is sent to work in a shoe polish factory
First-hand experience of:
Poverty
Workhouses
Child labour
Gap between rich and poor
Constantly raising awareness of social injustice
(1812 - 1870)