Dickens early life
Dickens was born in Portsmouth, February the 7th 1812. He then became a famous English writer. Dickens lived in London and later on moved in Chatham. When he was
12 years old his father was sent to prison, for debt reasons and the young boy was forced to work in a blacking warehouse.
When he was 17 years old he became a parliamentary reporter for the “Morning Chronicle”. He created some sketches of the life in London and put together these forming “Sketches of Boz” (1836), a great success.
Dickens became famous for “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, a collection of sporting sketches.
In 1836 Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, and had ten children from her.
During the 1840s, he travelled and campaigned a lot against the evil things going on during his times. In 1844 until 1845 he lived in Italy, Switzerland and Paris, then went in the United states, and in Britain where he taught going from place to place.
He died at Gadshill on June 9, 1870.
During his life as a writer, Dickens produced many essays and edited other ones. Some of these essays are: “A visit to Newgate” (1836), where he remembers the times when he used to meet his family in the Marshale a Prison; “A small star in the East”, is another essay he has produced in which he describes his working conditions; and “Mr. Barlow” (1869), where he describes an un-sensitive tutor.
A tale of two cities
One of his most important novels is “A tale of two cities” (1859), which took place during the French Revolution, in Paris and London. It is a moral novel, which expresses the subjects of hope, guilt, social injustice, shame, resurrection, salvation, and loyalty. Dickens wrote this novel by getting an inspiration from Thomas Carlyle, who wrote “The French R
Dickens was born in Portsmouth, February the 7th 1812. He then became a famous English writer. Dickens lived in London and later on moved in Chatham. When he was
12 years old his father was sent to prison, for debt reasons and the young boy was forced to work in a blacking warehouse.When he was 17 years old he became a parliamentary reporter for the “Morning Chronicle”. He created some sketches of the life in London and put together these forming “Sketches of Boz” (1836), a great success.
Dickens became famous for “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, a collection of sporting sketches.
In 1836 Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, and had ten children from her.
During the 1840s, he travelled and campaigned a lot against the evil things going on during his times. In 1844 until 1845 he lived in Italy, Switzerland and Paris, then went in the United states, and in Britain where he taught going from place to place.
He died at Gadshill on June 9, 1870.
During his life as a writer, Dickens produced many essays and edited other ones. Some of these essays are: “A visit to Newgate” (1836), where he remembers the times when he used to meet his family in the Marshale a Prison; “A small star in the East”, is another essay he has produced in which he describes his working conditions; and “Mr. Barlow” (1869), where he describes an un-sensitive tutor.
A tale of two cities
One of his most important novels is “A tale of two cities” (1859), which took place during the French Revolution, in Paris and London. It is a moral novel, which expresses the subjects of hope, guilt, social injustice, shame, resurrection, salvation, and loyalty. Dickens wrote this novel by getting an inspiration from Thomas Carlyle, who wrote “The French R
evolution: A history”, and who believes that history is the destruction and resurrection itself. In “A tale of two cities”, there are few characters, not like in most other novels written by Dickens. The latter has been able to transmit the horrors and atrocities committed during the French revolution in his time. Throughout the whole novel there is a sense of mystery that catches the reader. Dickens uses a convincing language, helped by some dialogues carried out by people of different social status (the Marquis, Jerry Cruncher and other important characters of the time). He is able to do this because he has a profound understanding of human nature and of the different social classes. Weaknesses and strengths of the human personality are treated with sympathy and at times with humor depending on the character which is being described. This is what makes this novel one of the most popular and most read even in our times.
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