Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens As Novelist ....

    Brief Overview ....

 The most important thing in life is to stop saying " I wish "and start saying " I will". ( David Copperfield)

Dickens was an English writer and social critic He was born on 7 Feb in 1812 and died on 9 June 1870 at the age of 58. Dicken was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian Age .

 His Notable Works .....

1)  The Pickwick papers ( 1836) 

       2) Oliver Twist (1838) 

             3) Nicholas Nickleby ( 1839) 

                  4) A tale of two cities ( 1859) 

                         5) David Copperfied (1849-1850) 

 His achievement....

Audie Award for literary fiction & classics 

He won the Nobel Peace Prize from Jaclyn Gonzales . 

Dickens as a novelist .....

               He was the greatest novelist .He wrote great novel based on social issues like ...

         - Pickwick papers. 

           - Oliver Twist .

           - The  Great Expectations .

          - Bleak House .

            He was master in great story telling . 

His Greatest Novels .....

He wrote great novels which helped him a lot to achieve fame and name like ....

       - Pickwick papers 

       - A tale of two cities 

       - David Copperfield 

       - Bleak House 

       - The Great Expectations 

       - Oliver Twist 

His Great Short Stories .....

He wrote great short Stories like ...

       - The Lamplighter 

       - A child's Dream Of A Star .

      - Captain Murderer .

      - To be read at Dusk .

      - The Long Voyage .

His Masterpieces ....

1) Pickwick papers ...

This is the first novel written by Charles Dickens . The main idea of the novel is ..

        - Joys of travel 

         - Pleasures of eating ..

         - Pleasures of drinking well etc. 

2) Oliver Twist ....

Oliver Twist was written by him . The main idea is the battles between Good Vs Evil . Another theme is like 

          - Love 

          - Hate 

          - Greed 

          - Revenge ...

3) The Great Expectations ...

This novel was also written by him .The main theme of the novel is Loyalty .... Wealth ....and Class. 

4)  David Copperfield ....

The story is about the life of David Copperfied . David 's father died for six months before he was born; for this reason he lives with his mother and his nanny, Peggotty . Seven years later his mother re - married a man , Edward Murdstone . He sends him to a school in which they are very strict.

His Characters ....

         -  The Normal 

         - The Abnormal 

         - Satirical ..

         - The Villains