The Works And Life Of Charles Dickens

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is the overwhelming
complexity of situations that a boy of that age must face. The reader's
reaction to this may be to feel depressed because Dickens' has not showed
more blissful times in the lives of his main characters. In the ending,
however, Dickens' always seems to leave the reader with a warm feeling
since the last scenes are usually happy. The personal life that Dickens
had when growing up must have been tough due to the harsh tone used in
describing the growing up of his characters.

Dickens' life was that of a well respected author and novelist.
Growing up with a childhood of poverty, Dickens became one of the most
famous and best loved authors of his time. Dickens was born on February 7,
1812 in Portsmouth, yet spent most of his childhood in London and Kent. He
started school at the age of nine, but his education was soon halted when
his father was incarcerated for debt in 1824. Feeling utterly humiliated,
Dickens was forced to support himself working in a ...

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He later divorced his
wife in 1858. In spite of this, Dickens went on to help in a major stage
production performed for Queen Victoria in 1851. Dickens continued to write
until his death on June 9, 1870, leaving behind ten children. He was
buried in the Westminster Abbey five days later where his grave remains
today. (Sundell)

As an international favorite, Dickens has been praised and
critiqued many times regarding his works. During the later nineteenth
century near the height of Dickens' popularity as an author, his novels
were often critiqued regarding his unusual views. Dickens was also
criticized for the complexity and publishing errors in his works, but was
complemented ...

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