- British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Children's fiction, Orphans, fiction, England, fiction
It adds to the charm of this book to remember that it is virtually a picture of the author's own boyhood. It is an excellent picture of the life of a struggling English youth in the middle of the last century. The pictures of Canterbury and London are true pictures and through these pages walk one of Dickens' wonderful processions of characters, quaint and humorous, villainous and tragic. Nobody cares for Dickens heroines, least of all for Dora, but take it all in al, l this book is enjoyed by young people more than any other of the great novelist. After having read this you will wish to read Nicholas Nickleby for its mingling of pathos and humor, Martin Chuzzlewit for its pictures of American life as seen through English eyes, and Pickwick Papers for its crude but boisterous humor.
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and spare.
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- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Charles Dickens
- First published
- December 1, 2000
- Pages
- 742
- Publisher
- Edicions Proa, Ams Pr Inc, New York Dodd Mead And Company
- Editions
- 846
- Language
- Spanish, Russian, alb, English
- ISBN
- 9780307273673
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“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
Charles Dickens, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
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