查尔斯·狄更斯英文介绍

Most famous successful work

A Christmas Carol 1843 Enduring holiday favorite Amusing elements of supernatural, melodrama, humor, and pathos Extremely optimistic tale of redemption for Ebeneezer Scrooge, archetypal miser Remains a sentimental classic
Themes
Docks Aristocracy- wealth, rich, land and power Child labor- Oliver Twist Family life Lost love and unattainable women Dickens’ main characters greatly resemble himself and his life
Charles Dickens
1812-1870
Family Life

Father – John Dickens Mother – Elizabeth Barrow Father was a Navel clerk Financially comfortable and then destitute

Katherine Hogarth: not a happy woman 9 children Mistress: Ellen Turner- London Actress Spent much of his time in London Not a good family man
Settled down to comfortable, married, middle class life
Gave numerous public readings for $$$, worldwide
Success as a Novelist





Nickolas Nickleby1839 Oliver Twist 1839 The Old Curiosity Shop 1841 Barnaby Rudge 1841 Martin Chuzzlewitt 1843 Dombey and Son 1849 David Copperfield 1850 Bleak House 1853 Hard Times 1854 Little Dorritt 1857 A Tale of Two Cities 1859 Great Expectations 1861
Mostly self-educated – erratic schooling

In 1827, he took a job as a legal clerk
He then worked as a reporter in courts and in Parliament

Married Life and Family




Early Writing Career
He wrote short humorous sketches with pictures by Boz which became known as Pickwick Papers Became famous in a short period of time and wildly popular among devoted readers awaiting his next installment




Parents were sent to a Debtors Prison
Dickens’ early years

Family imprisoned for debt Young Charles forced to work in shoe factory:

Warrens Blacking Factory


the power and influence of Britain around the world
She died a lonely ruler
Major Themes in Dickens’ fiction



Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
Loneliness of childhood Oppression of poverty Uncertainty of love and marriage Indifference of social institutions Sustaining joy of family life Perseverance and sacrifice in face of untold hardships and injustice Many autobiographical links between life and writings of Dickens




Twilight of Dickens’Career


Our Mutual Friend 1865 The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished when Dickens died suddenly from a stroke in June, 1870 His death was mourned by thousands when he was buried at Westminster Abbey five days after his death
The Victorian Period

Queen Victoria 1819-1901 At the age of 18 Victoria inherited the throne, she reigned for 64 years “The sun never sets on the Queen’s empire”