Реферат: The Life Of Charles Dickens Essay Research

books. They were The Chimes (1844) and The Cricket on the Hearth (1845).

Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son (1848) was his next novel. In this

novel, he tries to show the dehumanizing effects of wealth, pride, and

commercial values. He would write another novel during this period called The

Personal History of David Copperfield in 1850. This novel was inspired by his

childhood and was the first of his novels to be written entirely from the first

person (Huffam).

In Dickens’ ?late period?, he wrote four more books. They were Bleak

House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), Great Expectations (1861), and his last

novel to be completely finished, Our Mutual Friend (1865) (Huffam).

His last works, were A Tale of Two Cities (1859), The Uncommercial

Traveler (1861), and No Thoroughfare (1867). In 1858, he separated from his

wife and entered into a close relationship with the actress Ellen Ternan.

Dickens suffered a fatal stroke in 1870 leaving an unfinished novel behind.

That novel was The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Many people in England mourned his

death. The inscription on his tombstone reads: ?He was a sympathizer with the

poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England’s

greatest writers is lost to the world.? (Huffam)

Works Cited

Huffam, John. ?Dickens, Charles? MS Encarta, 3.0a. Gale Research Inc., 1993.

Kyle, Elisabeth. Great Ambitions, a Story of the Early Years of Charles Dickens,

New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1966. pp. 1 – 13.

Mankowitz, Wolf. Dickens of London, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.,

1976. pp. 7 – 25.