Dickens‘ Novels Tuulike Valliste 2010

Novels: “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club” (1836 -1837) “Oliver Twist” (1837 – 1839) “Nicholas Nickleby” (1838 – 1839) “The Old Curiosity Shop” (1840 – 1841) “A Christmas Carol” (1843) “The Cricket on the Heart” (1845) “The Battle of Life” (1846) “David Copperfield” (1849 – 1850) “Bleak House” (1852 – 1853) “Little Dorrit” (1855 – 1857) “Great Expectations” (1860 – 1861) “Our Mutual Friend” (1864 – 1865)

Characterization First appeared in magazines A particular rhythm Punctuated by cliffhangers A novel cost 31 shillings in 1836, average worker earned 6 to 20 shillings per week Subjects: the life of poor people and money A happy ending

His heroes are either entirely good or entirely wicked Believable personalities Vivid physical descriptions

“The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club” His first novel The world of fairy – tales Samuel Pickwick Pickwick – mad England

“The Adventures of Oliver Twist” Dickens` second novel Story of the orphan Oliver Workhouses Undertaker Mr Brownlow and Rose People could not be spoiled if they were born good and honest

“David Copperfield” Dickens: “Of all my books I like this the best.” Dickens' eighth novel is an autobiography Ability to make the reader see through the eyes of the child David is an orphan Realistic picture of the total English bourgeois society in the middle of the XIX century

The lower classes are capable of real love and devotion The bourgeoisie and the aristocracy are spoiled by the money Dickens’s humour, optimism and sympathy

„Nicholas Nickleby“

“A Christmas Carol” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YAOYs3ObzI

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