Essays & Book Reports on Charles Dickens (225) essays
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Charles Dickens
... Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), English novelist and one of the most popular writers in the history of literature. In his enormous body of works, Dickens combined masterly storytelling, humor, pathos, and irony with sharp social criticism and acute observation of ...
A tale of two cities
... A Tale of Two Cities has long been one of Charles Dickens' most favored books. This book opens in the year 1775 by contrasting two cities: Paris, France and London, England. Throughout this story various characters are 'recalled to life', meaning that they have had a new chance at life ...
Oliver Twist: describe the basic traits of a central character and explain how society has shaped these traits.
... a life of poverty and debtor's prison, to become a writer of national acclaim. In his Victorian era, he was an exception to the rule because it was very difficult to break through the barriers of social class and better oneself. Because of his bleak childhood, Dickens was one of the few writers of ...
A bookrevie of Charles Dickens'A Tale Of Two Cities
... Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities published by Dodd, Mead and Company, inc. is definitely an action-packed novel. It has everything from grave robbers to a sappy love story with heroes. The story is set in London and Paris during the French Revolution. The book starts ...
How Dickens creates atmosphere in the opening of "The Signalman" by referring to the way he describes location.
... that Dickens uses is the dislocation of the narrator from the real world to a "supernatural feeling sublevel" where there is the suggestion of death and destruction. The whole trench has the eerie red glow of the warning light and the oppressive archway of the tunnel looming over it. The narrator ...
Satire in "Great Expectations" by Charled Dickens.
... to Miss Havisham's in hope of gaining money and becoming richer. The flaws of the class system are criticized throughout the novel. Finally, the third aspect of society, which Dickens satirizes, is education. The satire of education is revealed through Dickens ...
Oliver Twist
... a tall, dark blackguard, subject to fits of cowardice and epilepsy. Nancy - She is the hapless product of the slums, the pupil of Fagin, and the abused mistress of Sikes. Although she is a prostitute and an accomplice of crooks, she has the instincts of a good person. She is part of a few of the ...
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.
... the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, he uses Pip as his narrator to describe his ideals, opinions, and thoughts. He conveys the idea that wealth leads to isolation, and also that affection and kindness are more important to a person than social class and wealth. Pip is the ...
Great Expectations - An insight of Miss Havisham and an exloration of the key topics of the novel.
... Dickens explores the class system of Victorian England, ranging from the most wretched criminals (Magwitch) to the poor peasants of the marsh country (Joe and Biddy) to the middle class (Pumblechook) to the very rich ( Miss Havisham ). The theme of social class is central to the novel's plot and to ...
Utilitariansim and Dickens' Hard Times What is utilitarianism and who embodies it in this novel? What other aspects of English society is Dickens criticizing?
... to persist, despite the technologically modernizing society. Hard Times does a beautiful job of embodying exactly what Dickens is afraid utilitarianism will destroy, an imaginative, rich invention. The book contrasts an enjoyable piece of literature against the severity of the ...