Charles Dickens and the Plight of the Poor
The Victorian era was a time of unprecedented social upheaval, when the stratification of England’s society was mainly being disturbed through the Industrial Revolution – when an economy based on ...
The great British author, Charles Dickens, was a strong supporter of childrens’ rights. He commonly portrayed orphans as his main characters, and this lent a partial expression of his own childhood ...
Charles Dickens: A Great English Writer
Charles Dicken’s upbringing was not only humble, but his unfancied lifestyle seemed damnable with violence and turmoil which he often resented. Too often Dicken’s imagined a life of power, prestig...
Research and discuss classism in England during Victorian Times. What were the social classes of this time? What problems were caused because of classism? The history of England is characterized by h...
Historical Context via Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
In response to the question of what can creative writing contribute to the historical record, a quick survey of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities gives many contextual clues of the historical er...
By definition, Capitalism means a system in which trade and industry, are controlled by private owners for profit. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was both a writer and social reform critic, but was no r...