Charles Dickens Research Paper

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Charles Dickens was one of the most celebrated authors of his time. He lived from 1812 to 1870, and had a very good life. He was one of the pioneers of realistic and satirical literature. Dickens tried to make remarks about the different social classes and people of the age. His stories were serialized and put into newspapers. The funny thing was that the upper classes had no idea that these satirical and somewhat rude were written about them!
I agree with the Mr. Sullivan, Sherman and Harrison that Charles Dickens was a great writer of the nineteenth century, but I think that more than a single paragraph should have been devoted to him. Charles Dickens wrote a 'galaxy of characters' that are beloved and some that are amiably despised.
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