Abstract

DICKENS PORTRAYAL OF THE WORKING CLASS, CHILDREN AND WOMEN OF VICTORIAN ERA

Dr Uzma Nikhat

Volume: 10 Issue: 3 2020

Abstract:

Charles John Haffan Dickens, the greatest English writer and novelist of the Victorian era, a social reformer and critic, who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, is said to have enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) and by the 20th century. This international literary celebrity is famous for his humour, satire, keen observation of character and society portrayal of the working-class people, children and women, through his renowned works as David Copperfield, Oliver Twist Hard Times, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, etc. Dickens' life and his literary works were interlinked. His novels and other works reflect his own life and provide a historical representation of the deplorable conditions, experienced by the poor working-class people, children and women under the oppressive power of the capitalist,

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i03.046

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