Arxiu mensual: novembre de 2009

Critical Reception of A Christmas Carol

Critical Reception Upon its initial publication, A Christmas Carol was greeted with mixed reviews. Some commentators derided the tale as too sentimental and laden with exaggeration; other critics maintained that A Christmas Carol lacked the complexity of Dickens’s later work. … Continua llegint

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A fascinating new chronology compiled by Phillip Currah

Tracking Charles Dickens : A Chronology of his Whereabouts Previous Dickens chronologies have focused on his life and works : this one does not attempt to repeat their work, but to supplement them by recording where he was at any … Continua llegint

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Charles Dickens

         

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QUOTES

Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their … Continua llegint

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Literary style

Dickens’ writing style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic touch. His satires of British aristocratic snobbery — he calls one character the “Noble Refrigerator” — are wickedly funny. Comparing orphans to stocks and shares, people to tug boats, … Continua llegint

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REALISM

Realism (c. 1830–1900): A loose term that can refer to any work that aims at honest portrayal over sensationalism, exaggeration, or melodrama. Technically, realism refers to a late-19th-century literary movement—primarily French, English, and American—that aimed at accurate detailed portrayal of … Continua llegint

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Oliver Twist (Film 1948)

Oliver Twist (1948) is the second of David Lean‘s two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. Following the success of his 1946 version of Great Expectations, Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his next film, including producers Ronald … Continua llegint

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Childhood and schooling

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, at Portsea (later part of Portsmouth) on the southern coast of England, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. Charles was the second born of eight children. His father was a pay … Continua llegint

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LATER WORKS

In this period Dickens also began to give public readings from his novels, which became even more popular than his lectures. In 1859 Dickens published A Tale of Two Cities, a historical novel of the French Revolution. Besides publishing this … Continua llegint

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“DARK” NOVELS

The 1850s were a sad and dark time for Dickens. In 1851, within a two-week period, Dickens’s father and one of his daughters died. In 1858, a year after he fell in love with an actress, he separated from his … Continua llegint

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