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  1. www.plough.com › charles-dickens-writes-to-his-sonCharles Dickens Writes to His Son by Charles Dickens

    Jun 27, 2024 · Dickens wrote this letter on September 26, 1868 to his son Edward “Plorn” Dickens, who was about to emigrate to Australia at the age of sixteen. My Dearest Plorn, I write this note today because your going away is much upon my mind, and because I want you to have a few parting words from me to think of now and then at quiet times.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charles_DickensCharles Dickens - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Charles John Huffam Dickens ( / ˈdɪkɪnz /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1]

  4. dickensblog.typepad.com › dickensblog › relativesDickensblog: Relatives and descendants

    Jun 9, 2024 · Last month, Ian Dickens, great-great-grandson of the author and former president of the Dickens Fellowship, hosted a celebration of the 175th anniversary of Dickens's summer visit to the island. Several Dickens cousins, including Mark Dickens, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, and Ian's brother Gerald Dickens took part in the festivities, which ...

  5. oxfordre.com › literature › displayOrientalism in the Victorian Era | Oxford Research ...

    1 day ago · Underlying and uniting all these diverse manifestations of Victorian Orientalism is the imperialist philosophy articulated by writers as different as Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx, supported by writings of anthropologists and race theorists such as James Cowles Pritchard and Robert Knox.Toward the end of the Victorian era, the image of the opium addict and the Chinese opium den in the East End of London or in the Orient itself becomes a prominent trope in fiction by Dickens ...

  6. www.britannica.com › topic › Great-ExpectationsGreat Expectations | Summary, Characters, Analysis, & Facts

    Jun 21, 2024 · Great Expectations, novel by Charles Dickens, first published serially in 1860–61 and issued in book form in 1861. The classic novel was one of its author’s greatest critical and popular successes.

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  7. www.britannica.com › topic › A-Tale-of-Two-Cities-novelA Tale of Two Cities | Summary, Characters, & Facts | Britannica

    Jun 21, 2024 · A Tale of Two Cities, novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although drawn from history, the novel offers more drama than accuracy.

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  9. www.britannica.com › topic › Bleak-HouseBleak House (novel by Dickens) | Summary, Legacy, & Facts

    Jun 14, 2024 · Bleak House is a novel by British author Charles Dickens, published serially in 1852–53 and in book form in 1853. It is considered to be among his best novels. It is the story of the Jarndyce family, who wait in vain to inherit money in the settlement of an extremely long-running lawsuit.