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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens. 1812– 1 870. Charles John Huffam Dickens. 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870 pen-name “ Boz ” the most popular English novelist of the Victorian er a s on of Elizabeth née Barrow and John Dickens (a clerk in the Navy Pay Office)

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Charles Dickens

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  1. Charles Dickens 1812–1870

  2. Charles John Huffam Dickens • 7 February 1812– 9 June 1870 • pen-name “Boz” • the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era • son of Elizabeth née Barrow and John Dickens (a clerk in the Navy Pay Office) • he had an older brother Frances (Fanny) and many younger siblings • married the former Catherine Hogarth in 1836 • 10 children, but their marriage was often tense, and they separated in 1858

  3. Early years • voracious reader of such authors as Henry Fielding, Daniel Defoe, and Oliver Goldsmith • attended the school of William Giles • John Dickens was imprisoned • Charles was sent off to work at Warren’s Shoe Blacking Factory • attended the Wellington House Academy in London as a day pupil from 1824-1827 • as a young man, he worked as a reporter

  4. Pen-name Boz • taken from his youngest brother Augustus Dickens' family nickname • playfully pronounced through the nose 'Moses' became 'Boses' • later shortened to 'Boz' – pronounced through the nose with a long vowel 'o'

  5. Dickens’ works • a dozen major novels • a large number of short stories (including a number of Christmas-themed stories) • a handful of plays • several non-fiction books • Dickens's novels were initially serialised in weekly and monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats.

  6. Short story collections • Sketches by Boz (1836) • The Mudfog Papers (1837) in Bentley's Miscellany magazine • Reprinted Pieces (1861) • The Uncommercial Traveller (1860–1869)  Sketches by Boz • the 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales“ • in the first three of these sections is non-fiction • last section comprises fictional stories

  7. Magazines Household Words (1850-1859) All the Year Round (1859-1895)

  8. Household Words • an English weekly magazine • took its name from the line from Shakespeare "Familiar in his mouth as household words" — Henry V • the paper championed the cause of the poor and working classes • addressed itself almost exclusively to the middle class

  9. All the Year Round • weekly literary magazine • hosted the serialization of many prominent novels, including Dickens' own A Tale of Two Cities • after Dickens's death in 1870, it was owned and edited by his eldest son Chalres Dickens, Jr.

  10. Selected non-fiction, poetry, and plays • The Village Coquettes (Plays, 1836) • The Fine Old English Gentleman (poetry, 1841) • Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi (1838) • American Notes: For General Circulation (1842) • Pictures from Italy (1846) • The Life of Our Lord: As written for his children (1849) • A Child's History of England (1853) • The Frozen Deep (play, 1857) • Speeches, Letters and Sayings (1870)

  11. American Notes: For General CirculationPictures from Italy American Notes: For General Circulation • travelogue • detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842 • his American journey was also an inspiration for his novel Martin Chuzzlewit • he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if returning a status report on their progress Pictures from Italy • a travelogue • reveals the concerns of its author as he presents, according to Kate Flint, the country "like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it offers, and by himself as spectator"

  12. THE END

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