Dickens Work

                       Dave Mayuri P.

                  M. A. English SEM 2

                         Roll no. 13

    Paper no. 6 The Victorian Literature

             Topics :- Dickens work

Submitted :- Department of English M. K. B. U.

                      Dickens works.                 

                   

      Introduction of Charles Dickens:-  

                            

                  Charles dickens was born in land port, Hampshire England on February 7, 1812, to john and Elizabeth dickens. He was the second of eight children. His mother had been in service to lord crew, and his father worked as a clerk for the naval play office. John dickens was imprisoned for debt went to work at blacking warehouse, managed by a relative, and his brush with hard times and poverty affected him deeply. He later recounted these experiences in the semi – autobiographical novel “David Copperfield.” Similarly, the concern for social justifies in his writing grew out of harsh conditions he experienced in the warehouse. 

               

                    As a young boy, Charles dickens was exposed to many artistic and literary works that allowed his imagination to grow and develop considerably. He was greatly influenced by the stories his nursemaid used to tell him and by his many visits to the theater. Additionally, dickens loved to read. Among his favorite works was Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, tom jones by Henry fielding, and Arabian Nights, all of which were ‘Picaresque Novel’ composed of a series of loosely linked adventure. This format no doubt played a part in dickens idea to serialize his future works. 
  

                     Dickens was able to leave the blacking factory after his father’s release from prison, and he continued his education at the wellington house academy. Although he had little formal schooling, dickens was able to teach himself shorthand and launch a career as a journalist. At the age of sixteen, dickens got himself a job as a court reporter, and shortly thereafter he joined the staff of a mirror of parliament a newspaper that reported on the decisions of parliament. During this time Charles continued to read voraciously at the British library, and he experimented with acting and stage-managing amateur theatricals. His experience acting would affect his work throughout his life he was known to act to characters he was writing in the mirror and then describe himself as the character in prose in his novels.       

                  

                     Dickens developed an interest in social reforms and began contributing to the True sun, a radical newspaper. Although his main avenue of work would consist of writing novels, dickens continued.  

 

                       Novels by Charles Dickens:-   

                         

1.   The Pickwick Paper – 1836.

2.   Oliver Twist – 1837.

3.   Nicholas Nickel by – 1838.

4.   The Old curiosity – 1840.

5.   Barnaby rude – 1841.

6.   Dom bay and son – 1846.

7.   David Copperfield – 1849.

8.   Bleak House – 1852.

9.   Hard times – 1854.

10.  Little Diorite – 1855.

11.  A tale of two cities -1859.

12.  Great expectations -1860.

13.  Our mutual friend- 1864.

14.  The mystery of edvin-1870. 

                  -: The Christmas Books:- 

1.   A Christmas carols / illustrated by Authors Rackham (1843).

2.   The chimes (1844).

3.   The cricket on the hearth (1845).

4.   The battle of life (1846).

5.   The Haunted Man and the ghost’s Bargain (1848).

       

-: Christmas stories from “House hold words” and “All the year Round.”:-  

 

1.   A Christmas tree (1850).

2.   The poor relation’s story (1852).

3.   The child story (1852).

4.   The schoolboy’s story (1853).

5.   The Holly tree (1855).

6.   Wreak of the golden Mary (1856).

7.   Going to society (1858).

8.   A message from the sea (1860).

9.    Mrs. Larruper’s legacy (1864).

10.                     Mug by junction (1866).  

-: Other short stories:-   

1.Master Humphrey’s clock (1840).

2.The lamplighter’s story (1841).

3.A house to let (1858).

4.The single man.

5.The haunted house (1859).

6.The trial for murder.

7.Hunted down (1860).

8.A holiday romance (1868).  

-: Life of Charles dickens:- 

     

         Dickens was driven to achieve success from the day of his Boyhood. With little formal education, he thought himself, worked furiously at everything he undertook and rocketed to fame as a write in his mid-twenties. He continued to work assiduously to the end of his life. Besides making a prodigious contribution to English literature, as a writer of fiction, he edited a weekly journal for twenty years and became an accomplished performer of his own works. Some details of his life are given below.  

    * Making the most of a modest beginning (1827-29). :- 

 His education over at the age of 15.employed by a firm of solicitors made a great impression as a lively character, a skilled mimic, with an encyclopedic knowledge of London. Studied shorthand and was later to achieve an exceedingly high standard. 

  

* Established in journalism (1829-33). *     

         Started as a freelance reporter of law cases admitted as radar at the British museum library in 1830.became a parliamentary reporter in 1831. 

  

-: Frame and Dynamic progress as an author (1836-40).-
  

                 Became household name through the publication in installments of Pickwick papers,1836-37.left the morning chronicle in 1836Editor of new magazine, Bentley’s miscellany, from 1837 to 1839 wrote ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘Nicholas Nickel by’ and shorter pieces. 

    

   

·     A new role of journalism (1856-67). :-  

Gave first public readings of his works in 1858.established in 1859.a new weekly journal, all the year. Bound which replaced household words serialization of A Tale of two critics began with first number. Contributed two other major works during this period; great friend. Readings assume greater importance. Involved in major rail accident, 1865 last Christmas story published in1867.   

                       

        -: About Oliver twist:-

Oliver twist is born in a workhouse in 1830s England. His mother’s name is unknown. After giving birth she dies. Oliver spends his childhood in a badly run orphanage and he is shifted to the workhouse for adults. Oliver’s mother is criticized by some people. Oliver attracts them. Oliver runs away and travels toward London. Oliver meets jack Dawkins, a boy his own age 0ffred shelter by jack in London. The benefactor of the house is Fagin. Fagin is a career criminal who trains orphan boys to pick pockets for him. Oliver is sent to pick pocketing mission. Meets Mr. Brownlow is stuck by Oliver’s resemblance to a portrait of young woman that hangs in his house. Oliver thrives in Mr. Brownlow’s home, but two young adults in Fagin’s gang, Bill Skies and his lover Nancy, capture Oliver and return him to Fagin. Mrs. May lie and her beautiful adopted niece rose. They grow found of Oliver, and he spends an idyllic summer with them in the countryside. A mission to recapture Oliver, Oliver’s mother and the gold locket monks destroys that locket. Nancy informs rose about Fagin’s intrigue is murdered by skies commits suicide. Mr. Brownlow, with whom they May lies have reunited Oliver, confronts Monks and wrings the truth about Oliver’s parentage from him.it, is revealed that monks is Oliver’s half-brother.    

                 Oliver twist as a message of social reforms.in Oliver twist dickens situates himself and his readers among some complex areas of the criminal law….he criticizes the poor laws of 1834.social and the individuals in Oliver Twist. The story of orphan Oliver set against the seamy underside of the London criminal world. The parish boy’s progress-Oliver’s journey back to his origin.

    

                   - : Dickens as a socialist. :- 

  

                                Child Labor: the cause of industrial revolution. A cheap human labor because most of children began working at five years of age and were not allowed leaving the factory until they were twenty-one. The children had to sign contracts called indentures that virtually made them the property of the factory owner. The abuses of the poor law system the evils of the criminal world in London “justice is blind”. The victimization of children: macabre of childhood Victorian idea of charity: the workhouse was a failed attempt to solve the problem of poverty and unwanted children. Oliver Twist: the manifestation of Victorian social conscience dark sides of the novel isolation of the young hero. Idealization in Oliver twist. Dickens dream of ‘ideal’ society. The novel of crime and punishment virtue in dehumanized society.