*NYC*
(circa 1867)
(~age 55)
(he died 3 years later)
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*A ‘TALE’ OF 2 ‘CITIES’*
(1859)
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/ˈdɪkᵻnz/
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[‘7 february 1812’ – ‘9 june 1870’]
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[‘charles john huffam dickens’ was an english ‘writer’ + ‘social critic’]
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(he created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the ‘victorian era’)
(his works enjoyed ‘unprecedented popularity’ during his lifetime, and by the ‘1900s’, ‘critics’ + ‘scholars’ had recognized him as a ‘literary genius’)
(his ‘novels’ + ‘short stories’ enjoy ‘lasting popularity’)
(born in ‘portsmouth’, ‘dickens’ left ‘school’ to work in a ‘factory’ when his father was incarcerated in a ‘debtors’ prison’)
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(despite his lack of ‘formal education’, he…)
*edited a ‘weekly journal’ for ’20 years’*
*wrote ’15 novels’*
*wrote ‘5 novellas’*
*wrote hundreds of ‘short stories’ + ‘non-fiction articles’*
*’lectured’ + ‘performed’ extensively*
*was an indefatigable ‘letter writer’*
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*and campaigned vigorously for…*
*children’s rights*
*education*
*other ‘social reforms’*
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(dickens’s ‘literary success’ began with the ‘1836 serial publication’ of ‘the pickwick papers’)
(within a few years he had become an ‘international literary celebrity’, famous for his ‘humor’ / ‘satire’ / ‘keen observation’ of ‘character’ + ‘society’)
(his novels – most published in ‘monthly’ or ‘weekly’ installments – pioneered the ‘serial publication’ of ‘narrative fiction’, which became the ‘dominant victorian mode’ for ‘novel publication’)
(the ‘installment format’ allowed ‘dickens’ to evaluate his audience’s reaction)
(he often modified his ‘plot’ + ‘character development’ based on such ‘feedback’)
“talk about pandering….”
(for example, when his wife’s ‘chiro-podist’ expressed distress at the way ‘miss mowcher’ in david copperfield seemed to reflect her disabilities, ‘dickens’ improved the character with ‘positive features’)
(his plots were ‘carefully constructed’ + he often wove elements from ‘topical events’ into his ‘narratives’)
(masses of the ‘illiterate poor’ chipped in ‘ha’pennies’ to have each new ‘monthly episode’ read to them, ‘opening up’ + ‘inspiring’ a new class of ‘readers’)
(‘dickens’ was regarded as the ‘literary colossus’ of his age)
(his 1843 novella a christmas carol remains popular + continues to inspire adaptations in every ‘artistic genre’)
(oliver twist + great expectations are also frequently adapted, and (like many of his novels) evoke images of ‘early victorian london’)
(his 1859 novel a tale of 2 cities – set in ‘london’ + ‘paris’ – is his best-known work of ‘historical fiction’)
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(dickens’ ‘creative genius’ has been praised by fellow writers — (‘leo tolstoy’ / ‘george orwell’ / ‘G. K. chesterton’) — for its…)
‘realism’
‘comedy’
‘prose style’
‘unique characterizations’
‘social criticism’
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(on the other hand, (‘oscar wilde’ / ‘henry james’ / ‘virginia woolf’) complained of…)
*a lack of ‘psychological depth’*
*loose writing*
*a vein of ‘saccharine sentimentalism’*
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(note that all 3 of these ‘writer-critics’ were homosexuals)
(of which mister dickens (by all accounts) certainly was not)
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(the term dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of ‘dickens’ + his writings)
(…such as ‘poor social conditions’ or ‘comically repulsive characters’)
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👈👈👈☜*“DEAD LINGUISTICALLY ENGLISH WRITERS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥