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Charles Dickens
Biography Video study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were Charles Dickens mom and dad? | Elizabeth and John Dickens |
| What type of world was Charles Dickens born into? | An enormously interesting and vulnerable world that was changing rapidly. Values were changing; industrial revolution beginning |
| What made Charles Dickens stand out in his family? | He was cute and entertaining and liked to perform as a child. |
| What threatened the Dickens family's financial security? | John Dickens was an unwise spender and fell into debt. |
| What fictional character did Dickens base on his father's financial insecurity? What novel did he write him into? | Mr. Micawber in "David Copperfield" |
| Why was Charles not allowed to stay in the debtor's prison with his family? Where did he end up working? | He was the eldest male child and seen as an asset to the family. He was sent to work in a shoe polish factory. |
| What had an "immense lasting effect" on Dickens? | That he had to work in the shoe factory while his father was in debtor's prison. He keep it a secret all his life. |
| Who left "a gaping wound in Charles Dickens psyche?" | His mother by saying he should keep working at the shoe factory after they got out of debtor's prison. |
| What was Charles Dickens first job after completing school? | a clerk in a lawyer's office |
| What was the end result of Dickens' courtship of his first love, Maria Beadnell? Why? | She blew him off because he wasn't wealthy |
| What publication began to "point Dickens in the way of being a writer?" | "Sketches by Boz" |
| Who did Dickens marry? Why did he get married? | He married Katherine Hogarth. He got married to make up for the loss of his own family. |
| Who moved in with Dickens when Charles' wife became pregnant? | Her sister, Mary Hogarth, who was 17 |
| What was Dickens' first novel? | The Pickwick Papers |
| What helped make Dickens' books sell so well? | He produced them in installments. |
| What two books did Dickens begin writing while completing the "Pickwick Papers"? | "Oliver Twist" and "Nicholas Nickleby" |
| What was the effect of Mary Hogarth's death on Dickens' psyche? | Awful, he acted like he loved her |
| What did Dickens think of America? | Disappointing |
| What did Dickens write to help him get out of debt? | "A Christmas Carol" |
| From "Dombey and Son's" forward, what did Dickens no longer have to worry about? | money |
| What was Dickens most ambitious and autobiographical novel? | "David Copperfield" |
| Who wrote Charles Dickens a letter that made his heart flutter? After meeting the lettere's writer what was Dickens reaction? | Maria Beadnell wrote the letter. He was shocked when he met her. |
| What was different about Dickens later novels that did not exist in his earlier works? | They reflected a darker view of life. |
| Who did Dickens blame for all his misery? | His wife, Katherine. |
| What was the only recorded statement made by Dickens' mistress, Ellen? | "I so loathed the old man's touch." |
| What was Dickens addicted to? | work |
| What did Dickens fear? | That he would fail and lose popularity. |
| What became Dickens' "new passion" later in his life? | Public readings of his public works |
| Why did Dickens return to the United States? What price did he pay? | For public readings. He paid much of his good health |
| What was Dickens' final, unfinished, novel? | "The Mystery of Edwin Droud" |
| How did Dickens die? | He had a stroke, fell to the ground, didn't return consciousness, and died the next morning. |
| What "made Dickens what he was?" | his demons |
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