dickens.ppt english 34 semister ballb 2022

dickines

1. Charles Dickens
The Condition of England

2. Charles Dickens
•1812: born in Portmouth
•1822: moved to London with family in
Camden Town
•1824: father John goes to debtors’ prison;
Charles works in a blacking factory
•1829: begins work as a reporter
•1836: first major publication, Sketches by
Boz; marries Catherine Hogarth
•1842: tour of U.S.
•1867: second visit to U.S.
•1870: dies in London

3. Major Publications by Dickens
•1834: Sketches by Boz
•1836-1837: Pickwick Papers
•1837-1839: Oliver Twist
•1838-1839: Nicholas Nickleby
•1843: A Christmas Carol
•1849-1850: David Copperfield
•1852-1853: Bleak House
•1854 Hard Times
•1859: A Tale of Two Cities
•1860-1861: Great Expectations
•1864-1865: Our Mutual Friend

4. On America:
I believe that there is no country, on
the face of the earth, where there is
less freedom of opinion on any subject
in reference to which there is a broad
diflference of opinion than in this.... I
do fear the heaviest blow ever dealt at
liberty will be dealt by this country, in
the failure of its example to the earth.