The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 was a favorite target for Charles Dickens; he never missed a chance to call attention to the law’s brutality or to deride its National Commissioners, its Boards of Guardians, and its petty officials (Brown 154). Few, of his major works fail to fire at least some satiric shots ...
Charles Dickens is my favorite author. Being a novelist myself, I learn from him all the time, which some editors will probably say is a mistake since “nobody writes this way anymore,” but I don’t care. He is one of the best, and his stories are absolutely unique. When I had begun putting together my ...
In the novel Great Expectations, the author Charles Dickens uses the first person narrative throughout the novel. The first person narrative is the main character, Pip. However, in this book the first person narrative comes in a retrospective form, with Pip looking back on his life. The retrospective point of view is key in this ...
In Victorian England, the line between fiction and autobiography had little to do with the truthful representation of fact. For the Victorians, the autobiography (a term they themselves coined during the 19th century) was first and foremost, a purposeful narration. It would become a highly popular genre that would not only prompt a plethora of ...
Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812 in Hampshire, England. He was the second of eight children born to John and Elizabeth Dickens. Dickens was raised in Chatham, Kent and Camden Town, London. During his younger years his family was wealthy enough to send him to a private school. Their wealth soon ended when his ...
Writing is something that is very personal. It comes from the author’s soul. Writing is ultimately a form of self-expression. One would be foolish to write about things that they don’t know about. In most novels, the author’s opinion is expressed all throughout. Charles Dickens’ heart-wrenching tale, Oliver Twist, is a prime example. Dickens was ...
