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    BookRags Literature Study Guide A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens For the online version of BookRags’ A Christmas Carol Literature Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-christmascarol/ Copyright Information ©2000-2012 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Literature Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly

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    Solomon Kim Mrs. Kraai English 2 27 May 2014 Pip ’s Worldview Many people who become wealthy suddenly change. They forget who they are‚ what background they come from‚ and what real friends are like. In 1861‚ Charles Dickens wrote a book called Great Expectations‚ a bildungsroman novel‚ in London‚ England. It is about an ignorant‚ uneducated child‚ who grows up to mature in great wealth and prosperity. He receives a large amount of money to be raised up as a gentleman in London‚ where he leaves

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    Mystery of Edwin Drood appeared in Dickens’s weekly “All Year Round” in April 1870. It arosed wide attention from the audience for the author’s latest work “which promised to be one of his most effective and popular books (Morford 5).” At the time Dickens was writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood‚ the police force established in 1829 did not work exclusively on prevention of crime any more‚ it focused on detection too; the daily press was abounding in the news about theft‚ assaults and murders. Crime

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    In A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens presents a story that cannot be found in textbooks. By juxtaposing different experiences of femininity and domestic life in the late 18th century‚ Dickens highlights a duality in French and English contemporary thought towards the role of the family in state and war. Ultimately‚ this serves as a commentary on the position of ethics that value compassion and order in the context of revolutionary war and major social upheaval. Two women in particular clearly

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    Oliver Twist was written by English author‚ Charles Dickens. Charles was one of the best novelists in English literature. This book is about Oliver Twist‚ an orphan who leaves a workhouse and goes to London. There he meets the Artful Dodger‚ the head leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is unaware to their unlawful activities. Oliver Twist‚ a young child‚ was the novel’s protagonist and stands out as the main character in this story. Oliver’s real‚ complete identity

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    Major themes in the novel Hard Times Charles Dickens is known for criticizing the social class system of the Victorian era‚ and the exploitation of the poor. Hard Times is no exception to this rule. Dickens attacks the Utilitarian education‚ the arrogance of the middle and upper class‚ and the industrial revolution. He praises the working class on their morals and their ability to earn an honest living. Hard Times Hard Times is the title of the book and a theme. Every character in the novel faces

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    The novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is set in the Mid-nineteenth century and is narrated by the main character and protagonist‚ Pip‚ who is formally introduced at his adolescent age of six. Pip lives with his older sister‚ Mrs. Joe Gargery‚ who Pip is not particularly fond of‚ and his brother-in-law Joe‚ who Pip describes as his best friend and teacher of the art of blacksmithing‚ in the cities of England. As Pip lives the typical life of a mischievous juvenile child‚ he encounters an

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    A Story Can Influence an Entire Society Many reforms are suggested through the evolution of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol‚ by Charles Dickens. The Victorian Society progresses through the same changes that Scrooge went through in the story. In this novella‚ Dickens uses Scrooge to critique Victorian Society by showing his greed and treatment of the poor. As a solution to these problems‚ he shows how the Christmas season can be viewed as a spirit of giving. In the beginning of A Christmas

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    is a classic and romantic novel that depicts the personal growth and personal development of a poor orphan child. Pip is one of main characters and he has two important expectations: to becoming a gentleman and marrying the beautiful Estella. Charles Dickens included in this book topics like‚ the difficult to win the love‚ wealth and poverty‚ romanticism‚ rejection‚ contemporary issues of social justice and inequality and the eventual triumph of good over evil. Great Expectations was published in

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    heavily influenced the plot. The author‚ Charles Dickens‚ cleverly used indirect characterization to help the reader infer how a character was going to be. By far‚ the most unusual character in the character in the story was Miss Havisham. She was also the most memorable character. It was her part in the story that led Pip into making most of the decisions that he did. Miss Havisham was indeed one of the most important characters in Great Expectations. Dickens created a character that was so surreal

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