Charles Dickens

When Charles Dickens was a child he...

• went to prison.

• worked in a "blacking" factory.

• worked as a journalist.

• worked with his father.

Dickens' novels were...

• published as comics.

• published as autobiographies.

• published as complete books.

• published as instalments.

Dickens' characters

• embody real-life people.

• embody particular vices or virtues.

• portray psychological depth.

• are complex and difficult to understand.

His novels

• Were simple and linear.

• Were short.

• Were episodic in nature.

• Weren't episodic in nature.

How did each episode end?

• With a dramatic turn of events.

• With no particular event.

• With a solution to the problem.

• With the description of London.

Many of Dickens' novels focused on:

• Nature and the countryside.

• Social achievements.

• Social criticism.

• Love and marriage.

Dickens wanted to

• denounce the nobles and rich.

• open new schools.

• denounce the social evils of the past.

• denounce the social evils of the time.

Dickens believed that

• people were forced into the workhouse by criminals.

• people were forced into crime by rich people.

• people were forced into crime by poverty and hunger.

• people were corrupt and evil from birth.

Dickens was fascinated by

• Urban life.

• Life in the countryside.

• Life in France.

• Urban architecture.

"Dickensian" means

• Reminiscent of the life of Charles Dickens.

• Reminiscent of the novels of Charles Dickens.

• Reminiscent of London.

• Reminiscent of Oliver Twist.