1. CHARLES DICKENS
English Victorian author,
novelist, and journalist
2. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Charles John
Huffam Dickens
Born: February 7, 1812
Portsea (now Portsmouth),
England
Died: June 9, 1870
Near Chatham, England
Place of Burial: Poet's Corner,
Westminster Abbey, London.
3. DICKEN’S WORKS: MAIN THEME
Dickens's Novels criticize the injustices of his
time, especially the brutal treatment of the
poor in a society sharply divided by
differences of wealth.
4. MAJOR WORKS
Pickwick Papers (serialized
monthly 1836-37)
Oliver Twist (serialized
monthly 1837-39)
David Copperfield (serialized
monthly 1849-50)
Little Dorrit (serialized
monthly 1855-57)
A Tale of Two Cities
(serialized weekly 1859)
Great Expectations
(serialized weekly 1860-61)
5. OTHER MAJOR WORKS
Sketches by Boz (1836)
Pickwick Papers (serialized monthly 1836-37)
Nicholas Nickleby (serialized monthly 1838-39)
The Old Curiosity Shop (serialized weekly 1840-41)
Barnaby Rudge (serialized weekly 1841)
Martin Chuzzlewit (serialized monthly 1843-44)
Dombey and Son (serialized monthly 1846-48)
Bleak House (serialized monthly 1852-53)
Hard Times (serialized weekly 1854)
Our Mutual Friend (serialized monthly 1864-65)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood - unfinished (serialized
monthly 1870)
6. CHRISTMAS BOOKS
A Christmas Carol
(1843)
The Chimes (1844)
The Cricket on the
Hearth (1845)
The Battle of Life
(1846)
The Haunted Man and
the Ghost's Bargain
(1848)
8. WHAT DOES VICTORIAN TIMES
MEAN?
Victorian times means during Victoria's rule.
The time Queen Victoria was on the throne.
She ruled for 64 years, from 1837 to 1901.
9. WHAT WAS IT LIKE LIVING IN THE VICTORIAN TIMES?
There was no electricity, instead gas lamps
or candles were used for light.
There were no cars. People either walked,
travelled by boat or train or used coach
horses to move from place to place.
10. WHY ARE THE VICTORIANS SO FAMOUS?
Britain became the most powerful
and richest country in the world, with
the largest empire that had ever
existed, ruling a quarter of the world's
population.
Towns and cities got piped water, gas
and, by the end of the century,
electricity
The number of people living in
Britain more than doubled from 16
million to 37 million, causing a huge
demand for food, clothes and housing.
Factories and machines were built to
meet this demand and new towns grew
up, changing the landscape and the
ways people lived and worked. It was
the Industrial Revolution.
