Charles Dickens :: GCSE English Literature Coursework

Charles devil Something about Charles daemon and his ability to take his reader to unbelievable places with his imaginative powers allows him the honor of be the most popular English storyist of the 19th century. Dickens has thrilled his readers for many years with his down-to-earth stories about veridical people obligate into real situations. Charles Dickens has the ability to check his stories from personal experiences. He fine-tuned his ability to tell his own story th pebbly the life of another character or cast of characters. Born on the evening of February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens was the second chela of his parents, John and Elizabeth Dickens.. Although he was a solitary child, Dickens was observant and unassailable natured . Looking back on this terminus of his life, Dickens thought of it as the golden age (Carey 6). In the first novel that he wrote, The Pickwick Papers, Dickens tries to bring back the good old eons as he remembers them with their pictur esque nature. Gary Carey believes that this novel displays the happiness of innocence and the playful spirit of the young during the time of Dickenss youthful days (7). Overtaken by financial difficulties, the Dickens family was forced to move into a shabby suburb of Camden Town. This move must harbour shown the family how good they had it back in Chatham. There Dickens was removed from trail and forced to work degrading menial jobs in an effort to help oneself his struggling father roll food on the table. Dickens was put to work in a blackening factory among many rough and cruel employees, probably the worst job in town. Shortly by and by Dickens started working in the factory his father was thrown into put behind bars for failure to pay his debts, only to be released three months later. This period of time affected Dickens greatly as he went into a period of depression. He felt abandoned and destroyed by this evil roller-coaster trip out of life he was on. From th is time period come many of the study themes of his more popular novels. Perhaps the most popular of these novels is David Copperfield. In this novel Dickens depicts a young man who grows up in a very similar way to that of his own (Allen 28).