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    author Charles Dickens Was an inspiration to many other writers, and our Christmas traditions today. The British author is known for righting many literary books.Some of his books are A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, and Great expectations. These books all inspired other writers and our Christmas traditions. Through Charles Dickens experience as a writer he has influenced many of our Christmas traditions today. I know this because in the article on the recollections blog it says, “ Charles Dickens

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    Introduction, Charles John Huffam Dickens; (7 February 1812-9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. School-jobs, Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school

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    Charles Dickens, a most well-known and loved British author of a large number of works that are now classics, was the foremost writer and public celebrity of the nineteenth century, he used his personal experiences and hard times that he lived through as inspiration to write about his stories. During the time of his career in writing, he wrote the well-known and most loved classics, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities

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    Charles Dickens was born on February seventh 1812. He was sent to school at the age of nine which was lucky for him, but was soon taken out because his father, John Dickens was imprisoned for bad debt. Charles’s entire family, except for Charles, was sent to Marshalsea. Charles on the other hand was sent to work at Warren’s blacking factory. During these three years he faced loneliness and despair. After these three years, he was returned back to school but these years of his life were never forgotten

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    Charles Dickens Biography

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    attention to the childhood cruelty, the less fortunate in an English society, and the unwealthy dysfunctional families of the early Victorian time period. Charles Dickens reflects these and other issues as he brings to life the realism of writing. While others were writing about the way things should be, rather than the way things were, Dickens was challenging these ideas, and argued that paupers and criminals were not evil at birth. This was an act of rebellion, for he in fact was showing the Victorian

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    towards her Maker" (Oliver Twist, Dickens 302 revised). Throughout Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens uses his characters and props to symbolize purity, even though the environment would seem to denote everything and everyone. Incontro-vertibly, some certainly conform to their environment; for example, as part of the lower class, Fagin and Sikes turn to thieving, lying, and even murder, instead of earning an honest living. Throughout the first half of the book, Dickens leads one to believe Nancy follows

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    Charles Dickens Struggles

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    author Charles Dickens, and he, one of many times, chronicles the ideals of social classes in his acclaimed 1860-1861 work entitled Great Expectations. The novel follows the narration of Pip Pirrup and his progression from being a blacksmith's apprentice in the poor marshes of Kent to his unusual situation where he is given the

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    Charles Dickens was a famous writer from the Victorian Era. His works were so detailed and descriptive, one his most famous the A Christmas Carol is one of the most iconic books today. Most of Dickens characters were real people who made an impact on his life. His writing helped stop child labor and abusement; even Queen Victoria valued his books and stories. Charles Dickens was an amazing novelist who used his early life experiences to turn them into breathtaking novels. Charles will forever be

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    Charles Dickens Beliefs

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    Charles Dickens is a well known name, most commonly associated with the classic Christmas novel, A Christmas Carol. However, there are numerous elements about him not as widely known. For instance, Dickens’ view of Christianity were eccentric, and he was passionate about social reform in his time. Some of his lesser known writings and works attest to this. Regardless of his beliefs, he has had an enduring impact on the world. Charles Dickens was a different type of Christian. Contrary to most,

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    3.03b Charles Dickens

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    Charles Dickens Questions 1. From the biography, what incident changed Dickens' life and helped to shape him as a writer? · His father was imprisoned and he was forced to work at Warren’s Blacking Factory 2. How old do you think Pip is? · Seven 3. Quote the specific language in the selection that leads you to this conclusion. · “As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding

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