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| Name: |
Charles John Huffam Dickens | | Birth Date: |
February 7, 1812 | | Death Date: |
1870 | | Place of Birth: |
Port-sea, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, novelist, journalist |
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 Biography of Charles John Huffam Dickens
17,877 words, approx. 60 pages
 The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fortune to have been recognized by his contemporaries as... summary from source:
 Biography of Charles (John Huffam) Dickens
13,529 words, approx. 45 pages
From the appearance of his first full-length work of prose fiction, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, in 1836-1837, Charles Dickens has retained his place as one of the best-loved and most widely read novelists in the world. Not so well known... summary from source:
 Biography of Charles Dickens
6,638 words, approx. 22 pages
He was only fifty-eight when he died. His horse had been shot, as he had wanted; his body lay in a casket in his home at Gad's Hill, festooned with scarlet geraniums. Tributes poured in from all over his native England and from around the world....
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Dicken's England Summary
31,913 words, approx. 106 pages
The England that Charles Dickens made famous in celebrated classics such as Oliver Twist , David Copperfield , and A Christmas Carol was a fascinating mix of mysterious fogs, grimy London streets, guileless protagonists, and unscrupulous villains. It... summary from source:
 Charles Dickens - (1812 - 1870) Summary
21,006 words, approx. 70 pagesCharles Dickens - (1812 - 1870) (Also wrote under the pseudonym of Boz) English novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and essayist. Since the publication of his first novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1837; better known as The... summary from source:
 Charles Dickens Information
7,759 words, approx. 26 pages
 Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (IPA: /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's...
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 AP News Charles Dickens theme park set to open
4/18/2007: 799 words, approx. 3 pagesIn Dickens World, rat catchers hunt vermin on London's cobbled streets, pickpockets roam the alleys _ and visitors line up for a fun-tastic water ride.A new theme park inspired by the work of Charles Dickens aims to transform a 70,000-square-foot warehouse near London into a... summary from source:
greatreporter.com The Everyman: A DustinHoffman Quiz
10/8/2007: 265 words, approx. 1 pagesQuestion 1 of 10:Banned for years, which 1971 film saw Hoffman play a berserk, gun-toting American in rural England? Straw Dogs Midnight Cowboy Billy Bathgate American Buffalo Question 2 of 10: Hoffman was offered the role of Rambo! True FalseQuestion 3 of 10: Hoffman...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Andrew Sanders
16,668 words, approx. 56 pages
In the following essay, Sanders examines Charles Dickens ' portrayals of death and of deathbed scenes and asserts that they reflect both Victorian fascination with death and concern about the very high mortality rate of urban-dwellers in the nineteenth century.
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Critical Essay by David Lodge
7,515 words, approx. 25 pages
Lodge is an English novelist and dramatist who is also highly regarded for his work as a literary critic and as the editor of several works on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British authors. In the following essay, he evaluates Dickens's rhetorical strategies, which he believes form the polemical basis of Hard Times.
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Critical Essay by Gareth Cordery
6,708 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Cordery argues for the aptness of Harry Furniss as an illustrator for Dickens. The critic asserts that Furniss, who illustrated the Charles Dickens Library Edition after Dickens's death, was a corrective to the exaggerated, moralizing style of Cruikshank, and thus was better suited for rendering the complex vision of the author.
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Essay Grade: 98%C. S. Lewis vs. Charles Dickens
892 words, approx. 3 pages
Compares authors C.S. Lewis and Charles Dickens. Examines the works and lives of both men. Promotes Lewis as the better of the two based on his works and personal history. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%Dickens's Inspiration for His Writing
831 words, approx. 3 pages
A biography of English writer Charles Dickens and how his life experieces helped him develop characters he writes about in his novels. Includes information about Dickens's childhood and personal life.
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