Nicholas Nickleby

3. Serial novels / 19th c. fiction In this section I am going to explain how important and relevant the serialization in Dickens´works is. As the Norton Anthology of English Literature says “The Victorian era was a period of dramatic change that brought England to its highest point of development as a world power. The rapid growth of London, from a population of 2 million when Victoria came to the throne to one of 6.5 million by the time of Victoria's death, indicates the dramatic transition…

“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say you did not know”-William Wilberforce. King Louis XVI ruled over depleted finances, he dealt with poor grain, harvests, drought, and cattle diseases and what he did to solve that problem raise high taxes that later would backfire and cause people to revolt. There are three estates the 1st estate was the one that no one could you had to be born of royal blood, the Aristocracy they had masses of wealth and land. The 2nd estate was…

and Men) A true friend is the greatest treasure one can ever discover. This sentiment, however cliché it may sound, is universally true, across all ages, races, and back through the hallowed halls of history. The great classic novels, like Nicholas Nickleby, often feature the most intriguing examples of true friendship. Some such books make the bond between friends very obvious. Others do not. One example of the latter opinion is the great classic Of Mice and Men by the famous author, John…

That can cause some short terms effects like low self-confidence, depression, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, abnormal fears and worries, sleep disorders, nervous habits, bed-wetting, poor appetite or digestive problems. In the long run it can cause psychological post-trauma disorders, self destructive behavior, and alcohol or substance abuse. Bullying can really break a person down, if people do not stop it now. The bullier could have problems of their own so they resort to bullying as…

“In every great novel there is a theme that is constant throughout the story. One of the better kown themes portrays the fight of good versus evil… In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, he portrays good and evil in somewhat of a unique way. Dickens shows this difference by using characters, although we sometimes have to think about the difference between the good and the evil and wonder if they are not the same in the long run (A Tale of Two Cities). The triumph of love in A Tale of Two…

Biography Charles John Huffam Dickens was born 7th february 1812 Portsmouth in England and died 9th june 1870. He was a british writer and social critic such as a regarded as of the greatest English-language and burrow most prominent novelist. Charles created some of the most famous fictional characters in the victorian era. His father John Dickens was a bookkeeper in the harbor office, they moved to london when 10 years old. Since his father had financial difficulties the family became…

Imagine sitting at an old wooden desk drenched in candle light with parchment paper and an old pen. Imagine all the fantastical, adventuresome, and downright amazing things that could originate from one person sitting like this thinking these things. Now realize almost all the incredible classic authors that are still read and praised today started from a beginning such as that. One of these authors was Charles Dickens. His humble beginnings and naturally optimistic and although slightly…