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Charles Dickens Research Paper

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Kattie Wilhite

Literature Term Paper

Unit 5 Part 2

Due May 15, 2015

The Novelist Time Period

I chose to write about novelists who portray realism. In this section of the book I learned several different characteristics about these authors and why they wrote the stories they did.

Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. Charles had a very unhappy childhood growing up with his seven siblings. In 1824, Charles was only twelve years old when his father John went to prison for debt reasons. After his father went to jail, Charles was forced to drop out of school and start working at a boot-blacking factory. After a couple of years, Charles was able to go back to school. His father had received an inheritance …show more content…

Two short years later Dickens had to leave school again to go back to work as an office boy to help support his family. Dickens experience as working as an office boy was the beginning of his writing career. Two more short years later Charles started writing for two major London newspapers. While in his mid years Charles got married to Catherine Hogarth. The couple ended up having ten children together before the couple got divorced in 1858. Charles began writing during the “Victorian Era” which is the era that Queen Victoria was in rule. The writing that he composed was either novels or short stories. All of the writings of Charles Dickens were based on the mid 1800’s and early 1900’s. Charles had the most acclaimed novels for the era he wrote in. Charles Dickens liked to write about social injustice, real life and the ever famous novel, “A Christmas Carol”. Some of the more famous characters he wrote about are; Ebenezer Scrooge, David Copperfield and Orphan Oliver. One of his more famous writings “From Hard Times” came out in 1854 which was actually Dickens best seller. During his last years of life, …show more content…

Anton was born January 29, 1860, in Taganrog, Russia. While growing up his father, Pavel had problems keeping money while his mother stayed at home and read stories to Anton and his five siblings. Fifteen years in 1875 later Anton’s family moved to Moscow for the closer of his business although, Anton stayed in Taganrog to finish his schooling. A short four years later in 1879 Chekhov had moved to Moscow to join his family. While living in Moscow Anton’s father was still having financial issues. This problem pushed Anton to try and help his family with money. Anton started freelance writing for a local magazine for money. In the early 1880’s Anton decided to practice medicine in Moscow while publishing fictional stories. His novel “The Steppe” was awarded the Pushkin Prize in 1888. Chekhov’s most famous short stories that he wrote while in medical school are “Ward No. 6,” “An Anonymous Story” and “Peasant.” Anton was a very dominant figure in Russia for his realism writings. Anton Chekhov’s greatest work was in the 1980’s when he wrote about the understanding of human nature and how ordinary events have deeper meanings. While into his late years of writing Anton realized that theater and plays was a passion in which he liked to write about. Plays that he wrote are Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. In his last years of life Anton married Olga Knipper in 1901 who was a actress in one

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