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Dickens is one of the most well-known of English writers
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First appeared in “Household
Words”, looked very much like a newspaper article
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As twenty first century readers, we have preconceptions that
readers at the time wouldn’t have
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Dickens had authority
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Worked 1834-1836 as
a freelance parliamentary reporter for “Morning Chronicle”
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His first novel “Pickwick Papers” appeared in monthly instalments
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In 1850 there was a new weekly magazine
“Household Words” which was geared more towards general literature
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It had a rosy, warm and
welcoming language to readers
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Dickens brought actual problems of the day through short stories, including major social issues of
the day
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He was asked to read from his
Christmas books, but asked the working class to be there
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Religious language was reflected in Dickens writings, even though the Religious Census of 1851
shows that only half of the population attended church
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Dickens “us” is a
conception of the people that embraces the lower and middle classes of society
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There began to be a growing interest in the lives of the working class peoples and the way this was
met was through the novel
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They were
called social-problem novels
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Connection between Victorian fiction and society
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Dickens used realism in “Hard Times”
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Chapter one of “Hard Times” has limited scene setting and focuses on the narrator
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Dickens addresses utilitarian economists
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The town of Coketown is imaginary, so Dickens is not aiming for the realism other
social problem novelists aimed for
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The characters in “Hard Times”, their names are synonymous with their character types i
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Mr
Bounderby turns out to be a bounder and Mrs Sparsit have aristocratic connections and good
breeding is sparse
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