https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq A novelist who stood the test of time? en-us 2021-02-02 09:02:31 UTC 2024-06-06 01:46:27 UTC hello@padlet.com annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167040472 2021-02-05 06:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167040472 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167084684 sucessful novelist
immensly productive:
14 completed books, 
he was writing the 15th at the moment of his death

the most famous titles:
The Pickwick Papers
Oliver Twist
Nicholas Nickleby
A Christmas Carol
David Copperfield
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
...]]> 2021-02-05 06:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167084684 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167167947 - child labour
- tragic working conditions in factories
- poverty 
- great disproportion in living conditions between poor and rich people]]> 2021-02-05 07:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167167947 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167183398 48, Doughty Street

a collection of material related with life and work of Charles Dickens: paintings, prints, photographs, letters, manuscripts, and rare editions.
There is his famous writing desk and unfinished novel "Mystery of Edwin Drood".            ]]> 2021-02-05 07:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167183398 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167188023 Characteristics of his books:
- racy plots
- chatty style
- clownish characters
- weepy moments
- happy endings

Writing both - worthy and fun books was his way of being seductive about serious problems of his time. He managed to introduce them to upper class successfully and it is said that thanks to his books many social problems started to be recognized and even solved in Britain! (child labour).

]]> 2021-02-05 07:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167188023 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167199444 in Landport, Portsmouth, South East England; in 1812]]> 2021-02-05 07:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167199444 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167231254 The writer was married and had ten children but he wasn't a good father and husband. 

He thought his wife was too dull and passive; he didn't really love her. He was annoyed by his children, because they were too focused on partying and drinking. 

When he was an adult, he fell in love with a 19-year old girl.


]]> 2021-02-05 08:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167231254 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167249237 - relating to or similar to something described in the books of Charles Dickens, especially living or working conditions that are below an acceptable standard ]]> 2021-02-05 08:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1167249237 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1176152719 In 1870 he died after a stroke, in Gads Hill Place.

]]> 2021-02-08 10:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1176152719 https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1181909806 1) His image was on the ten-pound bills.
2) He was nicknamed Boz.
3) After Charles Dickens' death mourning was introduced in many English homes. 

]]> 2021-02-09 13:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1181909806 https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182018661 It was his first novel. This work was a great success and after that Dickens decided to focus more on writing.]]> 2021-02-09 13:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182018661 https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182021358 When he was 10 years old, he had to leave school because his parents couldn't afford it. He was sent to work in a factory, but the people he worked with were terrible to him. 


]]> 2021-02-09 13:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182021358 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182375417 Ppeople still get inspired by Charles Dickens' timeless stories.

We can see his stories in movies, series, games and even in manga and anime. The most famous is
"Oliver Twist" by Roman Polański

...]]> 2021-02-09 14:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182375417 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182400464 He was fond of metaphor, simile and repeated words in a sentence to emphasize a message.]]> 2021-02-09 14:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1182400464 annaswiecka https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1193548510 It is a novella, first published in London on December 19, in 1843. The story refers to the Christmas Eve and tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge.]]> 2021-02-11 17:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1193548510 https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1196092656 Originally published in chapters in 1849. A year later the whole book with every chapter was created and published.

Charles Dickens wrote "David Copperfield" along the lines of his childhood experiences.

The grown-up David came to realise who his one true love was.]]> 2021-02-12 12:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/annaswiecka/x62xn2mwp16ksdnq/wish/1196092656