[The works of Charles Dickens
No CoverA comprehensive collection of Charles Dickens' novels and writings depicting Victorian society, poverty, and human struggles.
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A comprehensive collection of Charles Dickens' novels and writings depicting Victorian society, poverty, and human struggles.
Introduction by BERNARD DARWIN DICKENS DIED SOME SIXTY-SIX YEARS AGO AND THERE ARE now but few people alive who heard him read from his own books. They tell us, as do the contemporary accounts and as indeed he suggested in his own letters, that the effect produced on his audience was extraordinary, that he made them laugh or cry at will and that during the scene of Nancy smurder women were carried out of the hall in rows, fainting and motionless. Only one dissentient voice has ever been raised, ...
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Fade-to-black romantic subplots in multiple novels; no explicit content.
Graphic murder of Nancy depicted; other violent scenes in Oliver Twist and elsewhere.
Mild Victorian-era language; occasional strong oaths.
Recurring pub scenes and social drinking across multiple stories.
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Christian themes and clergy appear in several works.
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Strong social commentary on class, poverty, and reform.
Brief mentions in isolated stories; not central.
Child labor, neglect, and systemic cruelty depicted throughout.
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