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Charles Dickens was the greatest English writer of the nineteenth century and one of the best novelists in history. His popularity was incredible both during his lifetime and after his death. Dickens’ work is still considered the pinnacle of the classic English novel. During his long and prolific career, Charles Dickens wrote dozens of works, the most famous of which are:
“Posthumous Notes of the Pickwick Club.”
“The Cold House.”
“The Adventures of Oliver Twist.”
“David Copperfield.”
“The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.”
“Dombey and Son.”
“A Christmas Tale.”
“Posthumous Notes of the Pickwick Club.”
“Notes” began publication in 1836 and brought Dickens national love. Initially, the young writer, who was working as a journalist at the time, received offers to write short stories to illustrate. It was a serial publication, designed for two issues a month. Despite the dissuasion of friends, Dickens agreed and did not fail.
Over time, the situation has changed, and already drawing on his stories were drawn appropriate illustrations. “Posthumous Notes of the Pickwick Club” was an unprecedented success, like universal insanity. The young author immediately became the property of the nation, he was loved everywhere, and each issue was awaited like a holiday.
The work, later released as a separate novel, recounts the ridiculous adventures of Samuel Pickwick, and the friends who accompany him on his travels in England.
“The Adventures of Oliver Twist.
Korotkoe soderjanie “Priklyucheniya Olivera Tvista” by Ch. DikkensaFollowing the story of Mr. Pickwick, Charles Dickens writes a novel about little Oliver Twist, an orphan forced to live in an orphanage. Being attacked and humiliated here, Oliver flees to London, where he finds himself in the company of robbers who want to use the young man for their own purposes. A fight over Oliver’s fate begins between Mr. Brownlow, who recognizes in the protagonist the son of an acquaintance, and the criminals who have their own plans for him.
Although the novel ends with a happy ending, the overall tone of the work is very dark and realistic. Charles Dickens, who himself spent his childhood in poverty and constant search for a living, knew very well how hard life for children like Oliver, especially in the vast London. The writer criticized both the workhouses, where children were exploited, taking advantage of their vulnerability, and the indifference of the authorities to juvenile delinquency, the path from which often led to the gallows.
Dickens’ second novel was also immensely popular, showing the author from a different, more serious, side. “The Adventures of Oliver Twist” demonstrated that English literature had a major writer destined to remain on the radar for a long time to come.
“David Copperfield.”
This book is rightly considered one of the major works in the work of Charles Dickens. Like virtually all of the writer’s novels, this story was originally published in 1849 in five separate parts, and the following year as a separate book.
“David Copperfield” is in many ways an autobiographical work. The main character is a boy, David, who too soon has to face the hardships of adulthood. His father dies before his son is born and his mother dies shortly after his new marriage.
His stepfather sends David to work in his factory, and Dickens again depicts all the horrors of child labor. The writer also describes the hardships of debtor’s prison, in which, at one time, was Dickens’s father. The novel ends with the fact that, after overcoming many difficulties and vicissitudes, David Copperfield becomes a famous writer, finding love and family happiness.
