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Oliver Twist And The Child's Story

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Charles Dickens short stories show that many of his stories are in the English Victorian era and are written about crime and punishment. His biographical information will make readers believe that most of his stories come from mysterious murders and detective investigation crimes. One of Charles Dickens stories, “Oliver Twist” reveals that it is written about his own life experience growing up and his feelings of abandonment issues from his father (Marks 3). The reader’s analysis of Charles Dickens life experiences and his remembrance of flashbacks about stages in his life comes from his short story called “The Child’s Story”. He was born Charles John Huffam Dickens on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, England. In Dickens earlier age of …show more content…

In 1840, Dickens agreed to edit “Master Humphrey’s Clock”, a story of the 1780 Gordon Riots. Many of his ideas and thoughts were from his happiness in his marriage, some from the death of his beloved sister-in-law, Mary who died at age seventeen in Charles arms and memories of his life growing up. Years later, he began writing and publishing his first planned novel, “Dombey and Son.” After that, he wrote an autobiography about David Copperfield. He also wrote exposes for hospitals about sanitary conditions. In 1852 to 1857, Dickens wrote three more novels. His last novel written before his death was “Our Mutual Friend” (Marks 3). In 1867, he left again to tour the United States and continued to publish his readings until he died. His busy workload put stress on his body and health. On June 8, 1870, Charles suffered a stroke at his residence. Dickens died the next day, on June 9, 1870, at Gad’s Hill. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. Charles did not get to finish writing his novel, “The mystery of Edwin Drood” (Wilson).
The setting in “The Child’s Story”, it was written similar to a fairy tale and happened a long time ago. The story is about a traveler going on a magic journey with memories flashing back from his past life. This takes place on a path in the woods. Each day, the traveler meets a man and asks him, “What do you do here”? Each time the man he meets has

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