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What the Dickens?

What the Dickens?. Jimmy Puckette Jena Mainardi Shane Shapiro. The Dickens Family Backround. England- Portsmouth- Landport February 17th, 1812  John  Poor clerk Elizabeth Housewife. Life Before the Spotlight. 1829- Free lance reporter- Doctor's Common Courts

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What the Dickens?

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  1. What the Dickens? Jimmy Puckette Jena Mainardi Shane Shapiro

  2. The Dickens Family Backround England- Portsmouth- Landport • February 17th, 1812 •  John •  Poor clerk • Elizabeth • Housewife

  3. Life Before the Spotlight • 1829- Free lance reporter- Doctor's Common Courts •  1832- Shorthand reporter- Parliamentary Debates • House of Commons •  Led to job as newspaper reporter

  4. How Does His History Affect His Future? • Affects his writing STYLE not his form.

  5. Ellen Ternan • English actress •  Had an affair with Dickens for most of his life • Kept the affair away from the general public  •  Ellen married George Robinson • She influenced a lot of writings • She was characters in his novels • Bella Wilfer in Our Mutual Friend • Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Stella in Great Expectations • Died in London •  March 3rd 1839- April 25th 1914

  6. Love or Hate • One of the great litterary geniuses • One of the most popular  • 1 of every 10 Britons read his works • Only if they could read • Read to people who couldn't read • "The Inimitable" • Could not be imitated • Literary phenomenon • Appealed to everyone

  7. All the Year Round • Household Words • Dickens wanted complete control • Weekly British literary journal • Founded and edited by Charles Dickens • A Tale of Two Cities

  8. Charles and Catherine • Catherine Hogarth • Early marriage • had children, traveled, enjoyed fame •  Mary Hogarth • Close relationship • gave advice and critique

  9. Bibliography Johnson, E.D.H. Art and Life: "Dicken's Mistress and Dickens's Heroines." The Victorian Web. http://victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio5.html. 7 February 2010. Cody, David. "Dicken's Popularity." The Victorian Web.    http://victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio4.html. 7 February 2010.  "Ellen Ternan -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 08 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ternan>. "The Marriage of Charles Dickens: Charles and Catherine." Perryweb.org. Web. 2 Feb. 2010. <http://www.perryweb.com/Dickens/life_marry.shtml>. Cody, David. "Dickens: A Brief Biography." Victorian Web. 2004. Landow.com, Web. 8 Feb                                       2010. <http://victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio1.html>. "Charles Dickens: A Chronology of his Life." The Victorian Web. 1988. Web. 8 Feb 2010. <http://victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio2.html>.

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