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    [EEE] What's the book about? 1. What books by Charles Dickens 40, book titles. a {have heard of the book b Ihave read the book ¢ Ihave seen a film of the book. d_Ihaven't heard an you add other books to the list? you know? Put the letters next to gp, e A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Great Expectations 2 Talk to another student who knows the same story as you. What is the story about? What did you like about it? What did it tell you about life in the writer's time? EE) What happens first? Look at the words in italics on pages 1 and 5 and the pictures in Chapters 1 and 2. What do you think? Write the correct words in the sentences. 1 Charles Dickens was born in the Co 1700s 1800s 2 Dickens was born in Ireland England the US 3. Dickens's parents had problems with their children their marriage _money 4 When he was young, Dickens had to work in aschool a prison 5 Dickens's first book was mostly about London country life cuaerer Bill The School of Life Suddenly life became harder. For the first time, (Charles began to understand the familys money problems. Dickens was forty-three in February, 1855. After a birthday dinner cs, he decided to walk home through the snow. His walk took house called Gad's Hill Place. jouse from years before. When he was only a boy, he walked past the same house, near ‘Chatham in the south of England, with his father. Now the adult Dickens remembered his father’s words: ‘If you work hard, one day you can live in a hhouse like that. To the young boy, the big, expensive house seemed like a dream. But Dickens did work very hard and now he was rich and famous; he was the most popular writer in Britain. He decided something that cold February night aco buy Gad’s Hill Place. Two years later, Dickens and his family moved in to the house. The young boy's dream was now real. Not all of Dickenss memories of his early life were happy. Those years were often hard, but they helped to shape the adult writer. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth on the south coast of England. His father, John, worked in an office. Te was not a bad job, but John had a terrible weakness. He liked to spend more than he earned. ‘The Dickens family never cone place for very long. fe because John hhim pasta la his debts. The family’s money problems were made worse by the number of children, Charles had ofie older sister, Fanny. After Charles was born, his parents had six more children. There were six more mouths to feed. Charles Dickens in bis 40s debt det! (n) borrowed money that you must pay Back 1 Chatham, a bi ares was five when the Farily moved © busy town on eh oni pape ime fr him. His father had «new job ang the ee ina nice house. Charles loved to walk rnily was able co live comforcbl soi aoe id his faher, The family were ale to Pay Someone to loo} i ie now: Chars loved hear stores fom their nurse, Ma let She di noc always ell che young boy please stories; Mary pred eee onload and murder! Much ler, Dickens thought tha his interesting life came from his nurse and her stories. a then Elizabeth, caught him to read. Then he and his sister Fann room over a shop where an old lady taught a fo. children reading and es was small and often ill, so he could nor always play ouside with other children. Soon he was reading as many books as he sould, He aso bogan to write his own stories. Sometimes his parents took him to the theatre, The boy lived ina world of stories, and he loved them all. ‘But John Dickens’ money problems did not go away. In the Chatham year he continued to spend too much and often borrowed money from friends or relatives. In 1821 the family moved to a smaller house. Then John Dickens’ job was moved ro London, and he was pad less money. At the age often, Chat moved with his family into a small house in Camden Town, just outside the cigy of London. Suddenly life became harder. For the firs time, Charles began to understand the familys money problems. Sometimes they had to sell che furniture, clothes and even books. They had no money to send Charles ro school now. But they continued to send his sister Fanny to an expensive school. th much ore ime, Chars began to walk alone trough the sees of endo nd bythe Rive Thames. This wa ime of get change in Brin. oid on aris alas and machines were changing Bris if for ert. The appearing fast. More and more people were moving from the county othe cities for work. London was soon the biggest city in the world, but life was not easy forthe poor there. They worked dangerous jobs atthe new factories. Often more than ene fan ig hours in dangerous novel ‘moval (n ong, written story (Chapter 1 ~The Schoo of Life John Lamert, suggested a new idea. Lamert worked in a factory where offered Charles a job atthe factory ‘And so, two days after his twelfth birthday, Charles started work at a dirty, old factory by the river. Six days a week, he walked more than five kilometres to reach the factory. Then he worked for ten and a half boring hours, putting the company’s name on pots of boot as not unusual for children this in the 1820s. Bur Charles had bigger hopes for his future. The other boys were poor and most of them could not read. Some ‘were orphans. They were kind to Dickens, but he hated every second of the job. He knew that he was different from the others. What's in a name? Charies's best was an older boy called Bob Fagin. When Charles was ill at the factory, Fagin helped him. Later Dickens used the name Fagin for one ofthe characters in Oliver Twist. n that novel, Fagin taught children to become street thieves. Pethaps Dickens used the name for this character because his time at the factory was one of his worst at the factory SN ‘This piceure from Life of Dickens by she server’ fiend Jobn Forster shows Dickens “elings about the boot poi factory. memories. ‘Ten days after Charles began this job, his father was sent to Marshalsea Prison, south of the River Thames, This was a special prison for people who could not pay their debts Ie was different from other prisons — John Dickens continued smething wed to shine shoes whose parents are dead 2 fictional person in a book, play or film 3 /_ were able to live with him in the there, uc not Chatles. Now he yao” and continued t0 work atthe fury wen money and then walked back 2” Tad no money fr food. He vss a debs. The family left the prison, but Charles was si coe oer waned im to continue at che fctory, and Dickens nent forgave her for that. "Ps Dickens sed the boy now. With more money in his pocket gin, «decided hat Charles must ern 0 school. The boy was sent ta school in eee on caled Welington Academy. This was very differen fom modem TThooks there were two hundred boys ofall ages in one big classroom. The vrchers were quick to hi thee pupils. Dickens later compared some schools to posson air his months ac the boot polish factory, Dickens was happy at schoo, up offiiends wrote and acted in plays. They wrote stories, poems and jokes, and they pue them in a school magazine called Our Newspaper. Dickens did not cell his new friends about his past life atthe factory. He was again in his world of stories. ‘There wa only enough money for Dickens to be at school for two years. Then, soon after his fifteenth birthday, he let and began to look for work. ‘ene s(n) short part of a book, ply or film 4 First Success Each ofthese shore reports showed a side of life in London = on the streets, in the bars, in the courts and prisons. were thousands of office workers in the city. Dickens’ job was in an office too. He worked for a lawyer and the job was boring to the sixteen-year- ‘old. In his opinion, the only purpose of the law was ‘to make money for itself. But with mote money now, Dickens could continue to enjoy Londor He loved going to the theatre, but he also liked to watch people in the strets. He listened to rnversations and noticed everything about chem. seventeen, he got a new job asa newspaper reporter. He sat in law courts is opinion of the law did not get any beste. He thought thatthe judges were old and silly: Soon he moved to another reporting job. From 1831 ro 1834, he listened to and reported the speeches of politicians in parliament. He learned a lor about the changes in the country during ths time. Politicians passed laws about the poor, about schools and about the new factories. For che rest of his life, Dickens did not top working to help the countrys poot. Buc another great interest still burned in his heart ~ theatre. Infact, in 1832 he almost became a professional actor. There was a possible part for him in a play in a London theatre. But Dickens was ill and he did not go to the theatre. ‘At about this time, Dickens fll in love. The girs name was Maria Beadnell and she was the daughter of rich parents. Dickens later described her as ‘everything that everybody ever wanted’. He wrote long lerters telling her about his love. On some nights he stood outside her house and watched her bedroom window. But Maria did not return his love. Her parents knew about John Dickens’ time in prison. In thei opinion, Dickens was not good enough for their daughter. Dickens’ heart was broken, but he worked harder than ever. In 1832 he gota job on a new newspaper. The next year, he started working ata bigger newspaper, He went to meetings around the country and reported them to his readers. Dickens also began different kinds of writing. In 1833 he wrote a short, funny story about a London family. Nervously, he posted it ro a magazine. He did not hear from them. But there was a wonderful surprise when he bough« the next copy of the magazine. His story was in ie! He was not yet twenty-two and he was a published writer. lawyer ial (someone who helps people understand the law Lawyers as speak for people in aw courts. publ) print a book, magazin or newspaper and elit 5 AS this time, London was the business centre of the world. Because of this, ‘Charles Dickens Dickens began to write more and mn, for the magazine. Each of these shor, reports showed aside of life in London = on the streets, in the bars, in the courts and prisons. Many of them were funny, put some could bring tears to the rade «ye. With grea skill, his words gave read a look into other people’ lives. i Dickens wrote these stories under the name ‘Boz’ and they were soon very popular. A publisher, John Macrone, decided to put the work into a book. And so, in February 1836, readers could buy ‘Sketches by Boz, Charles Dickens's frse book. Ie was an immediate success. George Hogarth, a writer and editor for an evening newspaper, liked the book very much. His three daughters al the hard-working and successful young writer and Dickens became close ro the family In 1835 he asked the oldest sister, Catherine, to marry him. He was till working asa reporter, and he was very busy. Catherine was a kind and quiet woman. Sometimes she became impatient that he was always working. Dickens’ love for Catherine was no ik his love for Mara Beadnell. He wanted happy but is work came first now. The two were not married until the Piers by George Crushank added tothe sce of Sketches by Bor. in the country. At tine mse ee parts. The publishers Chapman & Hall had eed re to publish Dickens's next book in a parts. Each Ohana Ta ld buy 3 are of the novel in a magazine for a small amount capi meant that alot more people could buy books. i the name ‘Bor’, Dickens wrote about a group of friends. of characters in the nov Pickwick nd a novel, but readers really loved two of them — There Mr Geet Dickens Characters: Sam Weller 'am Weller was the most popular charact for Pickwick but he fer in The Pickwick Papers. He works ten kr “ows much more than Pickwick. Readers loved dite () to mat (0 temake changes to another persons wrt ns writing before iis printed 6 (Chapter 2 First Success ‘Sam Weller usually knows bes. SSamn’s way of saying things ~ there were even Sam Weller joke books! Itis interesting that Dickens gave this character the last name of his nurse from ‘many years before. In the novel, Dickens offered readers the pleasant world of a disappearing England. Much of the book was light and funny, but he also added darker cone part of the story, Pickwick goes to prison because he has not paid a debt. Its clear where Dickens got the idea. ‘After a slow start, the magazine of Pickwick Papers finally sold 40,000 copies every month, ending in November, 1837. Dickens was popular and famous, but that was just che beginning, He wrote two shore plays for the theatre. Hlis work as a reporter ended, but he agreed to be the editor of a new magazine. Dickens ‘continued to work as an editor for most of his life. But even before the last part of Pickwick Papers was published, he started a new novel. Like Pickwick Papers, anew part came out every month. But the funny stories about Pickwick and his friends did not prepare readers for the serious side of Oliver Twist. e = Charles Dickens yu right? r . naan atyeransestoacity 12006 Then ead thst, Language inuse TansteaaT anyon Dao ‘ve they true (7) oF untrue (4)? Wetet ¥y below, eek en ram ee the] olsh was made The amily’ problems 1+ chats bickens was bor inthe south of England ele Teter Nee aa cease neee seers 2 [1 Dickens was bom inthe ate 1700s- 4 1 Dickens.....0S 420... (teach) to read by his mother. 3 LJ His mother liked to spend more than 7 earned, : (mana 4 [1 Dickens’ father was sent to prison while ee working in a factory 3 . peas 5 [1 Pictwick Papers wes a book of Dickens's short writings about life in London, 4 Children (use) for factory work. 5 Dickens's heart. .. (break) when Maria did not return his love. 64,000 copies of ikwick Papers (Zl What's next? (EREZ) what more did you learn? In what order did these happen? Number the sentences, 1-10. Look at the pictures on pages 11 and 12. What do you think Dickens's next novel, Oliver Twist, is about? Circle the correct answers. i i rs office, 1 7 oxicen weed ina lyase, 1. Oliver Twist lives b [1] Hefell in love with Maria Beadnell. a inaschool ¢ [1] The Dickens family moved to London. ne rae ¢ in 1ome for poor people. 4 [1 Dickens martied Catherine Hogarth. The man in the picture on page 11 is angry because e E] John Dickens was sent E] The final part of Pickwick Papers was published. Pioneer at 8 E] Dickens went to school ‘at Wellington Academy. ——— hE) Dickens got ajob as a ‘Newspaper reporter, i Ghe became a published writer, if x Oliver runs away to London and meets Fagin. Fagin ickens had to work ina factory, poor people better. factory workers. ‘€ to suggest more time in prison for street criminals. —~ In the Workhouse ined his readers 0 be angry about Dickens wt or bidven like Olver Tai she rerible conditions for poor chi fe, Charles was happily "o Catherine now and they had in. Catherine's young sister, Mary, je with the family. their wh F only seventeen, often staye Bur chen something terrible happened ~ one evening, after a trip co the theatre, Mary Charles arms. He later wrote have lost the dearest friend...” He wore Mary's ring for the rest of his life. He remembered her too through a few female characters in his oie ret bok nae M&7 ih dn Deen cm: In fac, Dickens wanted to write Oliver Twist because he felt strongly country’s poor. He wanted to show what life was like for thousands ike London. He wanted to write about one of the city’s biggest problems ~ crime. London was growing fast and there wasn't work for ‘everybody. More and more people without food or money chose a life of crime. Dickens also wanted to write about another problem for the country's poor. ee he was a reporter in parliament in 1834, he took notes on the New Poor vw. Under this law, poor people without jobs could only receive money if th went o.a workhouse. These places were like prisons for the poor. Men, wome! eae apeeef ged and worked in differen parts ofthe building, They had o Dike banc re Nid live in dificule, dirty conditions. Like many peopl, arnt New Poor Law and he hated the workhouses. He wrote a tagazine about conditions in a real workhouse. Then he decided to night. She has nn id, wer ae khouse, rae Pa and is very tired. She i taken to the local ‘ mothe dies Mr Bamba ee: As Soon asthe boy is born, the poor Young Twist Oliver was the fg rea f the workhouse, names the boy Oliver iid who was a main character in an English novel wothoue hay) orto sta 0) ae where ion nia te reese People lived ‘The first part of the book tells us about the young orphan’s unhappy life in the workhouse. Dickens wanted his readers to be angry about the terrible conditions for poor children like Oliver Twist. For example, workhouses saved giving the people there only small amounts of cheap food. Dickens Sh literature. The boys in the workhouse are given just one bow! of gruel for one of their meals. They know that they must have more food. Somebody must ask for more, and Oliver is chosen. The boy is nine years old. ‘Please sir, | want some more.’ From Oliver Twist ‘As usual, the boys cleaned their bowls quickly. Then they all began to speak quietly, looking nervously at Oliver. ‘The boy was afraid, but he was hungry too. Slowly he stood up and walked ‘towards the front of the room. He had his bowl and spoon in his hands. He walked towards the fat man by the big pot of gruel ‘ The scene in the workhouse is one ofthe most fam a thin food cooked in water, ‘gruel ru “ ‘Charles Dickens id Olver: want some more, sib I" ‘Please, a the big spoon could not believe his ears. His two assistants ee eae Nobody ever asked for more! could rt belive their €2. NO dn poke at st. What he said aut re reple Olver, want some MOTE ‘ease ery pt Olver nthe heed withthe P08 ard then hed the oy, ‘arms He began to shout for Mr Bumble! he workhouse has heard the terrible news — OI ‘Oliver is sent away from che workhouse and he begins his aoe Running oft London, he meets another boy, Jack Dawkins Jack ae Oliver through the dirgy narrow streets to sce an old man with a beard and The old man, Fagin, seems kind to Oliver at first, bur Fagin has Soon everyone has asked for mor untidy re (Chapter 3~ Inthe Workhouse a dark secret. He prepares boys for a life of crime. Every day Jack Dawkins and the others go out on to the streets of London and steal from people. The young thieves bring everything back to Fagin. Great Dickens Characters: Fagin Fagin does not seem a bad man at first, When we first see him, he is cooking food for a group of boys. But we learn that Fagin is really only interested in money. He hides a box of rings. old watches and other expensive things. Every right he takes the box out and looks greedily at these ‘pretty things. Oliver does not bec but he has many exciting adve meets the frightening Bill Sikes, a dangerous criminal who steals from people’ id Nancy is kind to Oliver and tries to help him. The novel ind it has a mystery too — who is Mr Monks? What does Monks know about Oliver's re history? Of course, Dickens gives the reader answers to all of these questions and he gives Oliver a happy ending ed in the year Victoria became queen at the age of eighteen. She was still queen when Dickens died. Oliver “vise nd Dickens's other novels give us an important picture of life in Victorian England ~ the good and the bad. Like Pickwick Papers, Oliver Tivist was ver like the way that it showed the lives of criminals. In theit opinion, the street crime in Oliver Twist seemed #00 exciting, But most readers understood Dickens's purpose. And the two biggest criminals — Fagin and Bill Sikes ~ are both dead by the end of the book. A few readers were not happy about the character of Nancy because she continues to love the terrible Bill Sikes. Dickens wrote defending this character and her love for Sikes. popular. Some people did not 3 The Famous Writer stem, abing him nos 10 Wel! the character ie ent rd when te ead ber death see, cn ond child, Mary, before the twenty-four sblished. His work was mote and mor ‘worried about money: His parents were a part of . ne. John Dickens’ money problems co popul Fee and noc always welcome o de ana is amos son for money. He even tied to borrow moc Jon ends Finally, Dickens pid for a smal house fr his th of England and gave them a litle money every year, Grished until November 1839, but Dickens started to publish parts ofa new book before that. Again, the title of the novel was the ean ofthe main character ~ Nicholas Nickleby. Again, part of the book came vrevery month. Readers wee happy to zeeive a new Dickens story, and the fc pare of Nicholas Nickleby sold 50,000 copies. 1h Oliver Ti, Dickens used the story to give his opinion about conditions sn workhouss, In Nicholas Nickleby, he attacked bad schools. The subject came seight fio the news, and Dickens had strong feelings about it there were some very bad schools; some of the worst were in Yorkshire north of England, These schools cost money, but the conditions were terrible. Schools sometimes gave their pupils no holidays; the children lived at the school all yea, People often sen children there to get them out of the way. The schools a few Yorkshire schools with the ’s real name was famous now, eo only cs ‘one eye and he was terribly unpleasant to chool. (He was taken to court because of the terrible conditions in the sche the school.) When Dickens wrote about a headmaster for the school in his book, Shaw was in his min wales 7 id. ce fren gave his headmaster, the terrible at Dickens Characters WackordSquers headmaster ster of Dotheboys Halli a stupid unkind man. The boys at the school live in fear of a look from his sit daughter are as unkind as he a eee head . 2 of ae str hem!) the teacher in charge of shy 2rge of school 14 ‘Chaper4—TheFarnous Wier ‘The terrible Wackfrd Squer i one of Dickens bx wg wnkind characters In the nove, nineteen-yeat-old Nicholas Nickleby is sent by his teach at Squeers’ school, Dotheboys Hall. Nickleby cannot believe the t¢ ible conditions at the school. When one poor boy, ies to run away, Nickleby saves him from Squeers. In a wonderful scene, Nickleby hits the headmaster in front of all the boys in the school. Nickleby leaves the school for London, and ins him. The rest of the book follows their advencures. At one caught by Squeers and the poor boy later dies. As in Oliver Tiss ing ofthe novel gives the reader a surprise secret about the past of one of the characters, We learn that Smike was the son of Nickleby’s uncle by a secret marriage “The book was another success, but most people remember the early chapters in Dotheboys Hall more than the later part of the novel. Dickens's attack on the Yorkshire schools was successful too, Not long after the book was published, liam Shaws school closed. Mose ofthe similar Yorkshire schools also closed their doors. "A third child was born to Charles and Catherine Dickens after Nicholas Nickleby, andthe family moved to a nice house in London's Regent’ Park. In his next novel, Dickens wrote about another child character — a sweet young git Smike soon 1s a short story in six parts, but in th ook was called The Old Curios ot popular character atthe time, The 2 time a new part ofthe book cam, The Write Out vey ing harder than cver~¢ es with her grandfather He has a smal ‘shop. The worst ofthese isa man cae gandfather and soon he takes the shop." fhe shop and they travel across the counts, for Dickens to write these last scenes in the oye ,” he wrote in a letter toa friend, Ie ig : as so hard for Dickens, thinking about the death of his wife’ sister, Mary Hogarth. “The death of Litde Nell proved how popular Dickens's novels were. Readers wrote to Dickens, aking him no the character. All around the country people cried when they read her death scene, In New York, Dickens’ American Phen gil tet the ari Headed fr forthe pcre of Linke Nell death ee ‘happy look, ifdeath ca’ ° | CChaper 4 The Famous Wier readers waited for the ship chat carried the last part ofthe novel. Some could not wait. s Little Nell dead?’ they shouted across the water to the ship. Heart of Stone ty Shop was Dickens's best book, in their opinion it tres too hard fer sad, Not everyone cred. In the words of the wr ‘Wilde, a person'must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing’ When The Old Curiosity Shop was finished, Dickens returned to another rma Rudge. It was Dickens’ first story about life in the past — in novel ~ London, in 1780. At d ;owds of people burned Catholic churches and the homes of Cath ple angry at frst because a new law made the lives of Britains Cathol as law and order disappeared, this reason became less important. Fora few days the city was very dangerous and people lived in fear. ‘The crowd scenes are the best in the book. Dickens describes the large groups of angry people well, showing the real dangers co the city. But the book is not about one of his favourite characteris put in a London prison. Like The Old Curiosity Shop, chere was a new parc of Barnaby Rudge every is not surprising that Dickens became more and more tired. He became land had to go to hospital. One part of the novel was not published for three weeks. While he was writing Barnaby Rudge, Dickens still only twenty-nine, made a summer trip to Scotland. In Edinburgh, hundreds and hundreds of people wanted (0 ter. After he finished the book, Dickens began to make new plans. But these were not for his next novel | right? , o 7 Z Activity 2:4. Then match the people ang "BEN Language in use | MEST Were vou! swers t0 ft yourans Look bal write the numbers Look at the sentence on the right. Then Workhouses saved money by write questions or answers below. giving the people there ony small amounts of cheap food. the thoughts. 1. How did Dickens remember Catherine's sister Mary? By wearing her ring. By making money from crime. 3 How did Dickens show his feelings about workhouses? 4. How does Mr Bumble punish Oliver Twist? By using boys as thieves. How did Dickens find out about bad schools? o What's next? In 1842 Dickens went to the United States, a new, young country. Look at the pictures in Chapter 5. What do you think? Fr 1 Who did he go with? IEE] What more di hae tates 2. How did they travel there? names onthe right with the descr oe ae ee descriptions of characters 3 Did American lke his writing before he went? 1 This orphan almost becomes a criminal 2. This terrible teacher has just one eye. 3 He prepares os a fora life of street crime. [tite net _] is young, date | - cess is shop “Lotvertwist_] nee ae ditlacd 5 Hebecomes a teacher atthe age of 19, & Sheiskind and tiesto help young tive. | | 4 What did Dickens like about the United States? | a CHAPTER kama ‘At Home and Abroad The American newspapers were less happy ive his opinions oftheir own country. (Charles and Catherine wens tothe United States on a ship called the Britannia, any Victorian families had a lot of children, and this was true of Charles and Catherine Dickens. But Dickens was an unusual father to his Often he was a lor of fun. He enjoyed games and parties. There were 5 to the house, with much music and laughing. eet Nas another side co Dickens the father. Every dy, he checked his ens hands and clothes. He went into their rooms and looked through theit cupboards carefully. When the oe adel When the rooms were nor tidy, Dickens wrote angry notes » Dickens's new ide decided to have a rest from novels were very pop: But Dickens did not want brow a big change to his children’ lives. He and go on a tour of the United States. His ea S he had great hopes for the young country. ‘ravel alone, He wanted Catherine to go with him. — 20 (Chapter 5—At Home and Abroad ‘The two had four children now. Catherine felt ill at the thought of leaving, them. But Dickens did not accept her worries. In January 1842 he and Catherine left for the United S in London and did not see them for six months. During this time, Catherine's sister Georgina saw Dickens and his wife arrived in Boston to a wonderful welcome. There were crowds in the street waiting to see the famous writer. More people came from all newspapers loved the writer's strong opinions thought that Boston was a nice, clean ies and preferred the conditions in them co schools and factories at home in England. But as Dickei led around the country, he began to like it less and less. He visited a prison and found the conditions very bad. He hated the fact that there were still slaves in the US. He was also not happy about how his work was published there. Like other foreign writers, he often received no money for his novels. The American newspapers were less happy when Dickens gave his opinions of their own country. When he returned to England, Dickens quickly wrote a book about his tour, American Notes. Some American readers were angry about that book too. “The United States was in his next novel. Again, the title was the name ain character, but for some ickens was unable to choose a name. He thought about the names CChubblewig, Sweezlewag and a few he chose the name and le— Martin Chuzelewit. More and more, Dickens thought that each of his novels had one main subject. In Martin Chuzzlewit he wanted co write about selfishness. It tells the story of the title character's greedy relatives. Dickens was very happy with the book — his last under the name ‘Boz’ — bt popular as some of One newspaper published shis unkind picture of Dickens. ‘e who is owned by another person. A slave must work without pay: 21 Charles Dickens ns added something new to the novel in ers json travels to the US. Bue the parts cea that country. Some readers there though is true that most of the se of this, Dicke ee an Chet 'US were not popular i soe Dickens was acacking thelr country AB ‘Ret tican characters scem very incrested in MONG). "The book does have some excellent characers,Pethaps the most famous of these is Mrs Sairey Gamp. Great Dickens Characters: Mrs Gamp Mss Sarey Gamp isa nurse. She is there wen babies are bom. She is there when people die. Dickens describes her as a fat old woman. Her face and nose ae round and red, and she enjoys a ‘28, oo -_ eT The Writers Life 4 own life the closet to Dickens 01 nee pe chance of David Copperfield 1 is tld by the Pan A sad business and Son, was about 2 PTO ote neni Dombey thinks that his son will continue ane docs no have loving daughter Florence. By the iy name. He doesn time fo! nay lewned a hard lesson about life and fam end ofthe book, Dombey hss caste ty monthly parts. But forthe first m was publis ae ie eae carefully planning the story. Again, the city of notes ithe nove, Dickens wrote about the city like no London ie oar cand hate. At about this time, the city’s new railway other writer» Digkens understood how important these stations were. In stations were built. rmbey and Son, the railway is a sign of the new face of the city. eo vn abroad, Dickens was not just thinking about his next book, He was thinking about his own past, and he began ro write about it. Back in England, he told a friend, John Forster, about his time at the boot polish factory. He and Forster talked more about Dickens's past. Dickens’ older sister Fanny died in 1848, and perhaps this also brought more painful memories of the past. He continued to write about his own life. He showed these notes to Catherine. In her opinion, they were too 1s. She thought that he should ‘ime, but Je was the name of the main character. This story was the closest to Dickens's own life and it is told by the character of David Copperfield. David is born in the country. Like Dickens, he is born on a Friday. Some people say this is unlucky. David's father has been dead for six months. His ee Miss Betsey Trotwood, arrives for the birth. She is surprised that the baby is nor a gir . She hits the doctor and leaves the house! Mundt David's mother marries a second husband. This man, Edward ie, does not like David and he is very unkind to him. He sends David ere the boy has to wear a sign around his neck: “He waster, Creakle, joins Wackford Squeers in Dickens’ bites.’ The school’s headm: lise of terrible teachers, Bet worse for David, ae is mother dies when he is nine. fo work ina bottle factory in London. Of course, 30 (Chapter 7 ~The Waiters Life Dickens was remembering his own time at the boot polish factory. In London, David lives with the Micawbers. This family never have enough money. Great Dickens Characters: Mr and Mrs Micawber Dickens writes that there is no more hair on Mr Wilkins Micawber's head than on an egg! Micawber tries to dress well, but his clothes are old, He enjoys the sound of his own voice. He always spends more money than he has. He lives in hope that something. good will happen. But he cannot keep a job and at one point in the story is sent to a debtors’ prison. Of course, the character of Mr Micawber is very similar to Dickens's father, John Dickens. Micawber's wi thin woman who a baby. She strongly believes in her husband. She suffers from the fami continuing money problems, but will famous characters never leave him. There is very possibly something of Dickens's mother in Mrs Micawber too. is ‘Mr Micawber is one of Dickens: most Dickens poured all his own unhappy memories into this part of the book. But life is even worse for David Copperfield than for the young Charles Dickens. Nobody takes Copperfield away from the bortle factory, so he decides to run away. And so he begins his long, hard walk to Dover, on the south coast of England. This is where his father's aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood, lives. On the way, David is robbed. When he arrives in Dover, he has nothing. He is tired, hungry and thirsty. ‘am David Copperfield.’ From David Copperfield | went into a litle shop and asked about Miss Trotwood. A young woman in the shop turned around quickly. "I work for Miss Trotwood,’ she said.'What do you want with her? "Iwant to speak to her, I repli 31 op and dow. You want t0 ask he for money hg sre woman tooked me “cnt sae Tg woman 9 3 tle ROU : ad's house, said the woman. Then she went inside, ore ate. My legs were shaking looked terble, My sho, rnd my ciothes were dirty. voce tthe window. It was an old man with grey hair He ‘Then the door opened and Miss Betsey Trotwood came rdening clothes and she had a knife in one hand. hout looking at me.'No boys here!’ 1 had nothing. Iwas here to ask my fathers e. The front garden was suddenty 1520 2 was laughing at me cut She was wearing 6 "Go away! she shouted with ut | didnot leave. 'Please’ | began. Miss Trotwood looked up. ‘lease, aunt | sid She was very suprised. What?” “Please; | continued. am David Copperfield.” Miss Trotwood opened her mouth in surpri and sat down on the garden path. Mis Tr "onwood is surprised by David Copperfield vist. 32 Chapter 7—The fe ‘We learn that the man at the window is called Mr Dick. He lives in Miss Trorwood’s house. Both of them are kind to David. When Mr Murdstone and his unpleasant sister try to take David, Miss Trotwood sends them away. and some, like Murdstone and the very bad. David marries Dora Spenlow, ters, Some of them are kind and good ible office worker Uriah Heep, are very, she dies. Then he finally realises that he has always loved another woman, Agnes. The two are happily married. Ofcourse, David Copperfield is a story, but a lot of it is similar to Dickens's own life: Copperfield | ‘Their names have the same first letters ~ DC and CD. (Dickens was very surprised when a friend told him this.) “The character moves from the country to London i ilar to Dickens's parents. ndon. He is as unhappy like Dickens’ love for Maria Beadnell. Dickens's description of Dora is very similar to Mari ‘When he wrote Dora's death scene, perhaps he was thinking again about the death of Mary Hogarth. ‘The adult David Copperfield becomes a writer. Perhaps because it was so close to his own life, Dickens later called David ‘favourite son’. Many readers agreed with him and David (Chapter 8— Defender ofthe Poor CHAPTER Defender of the Poor snk of London, many people sil rink of fog. The famous frst lines of Le ti i oe ed wie ti picture of London to the world ‘Bleak House hepe to give this pinure of TandOr0 Os Nove sickens continued to work hard. He never stopped writing for magazines vind newspapers. In 1850 he stated editing a new magazine. He also wrote hundreds of reports and stories for this magazine. In some of them he gave his opinions about conditions in the country. Other pieces of writing were more personal. Once, he rook a quick break from David Copperfield and wrote A Chile's Dream ofa Star’. He later wrote about how wonderful this was. Dicken: knew thar he was not like other peopl “The new magazine had fiction and other pieces of writing. It started with around 100,000 readers, and it stayed popular for years. But the times were I happy for Dickens. Sadly, David Copperfield was a mirror of Dickens's real | life in another way. The character Dora dies in the book, and now Dickens's baby daughter of the same name died. More sad news came quickly: at about the same time, his father John Dickens died. After all the years of money problems, Jo asa hard ifeon the sree of London Great Dickens Characters: Jo Dickens forgave his ‘poor father’ everything, Jickens did not want to stay in the house where his little Dora died. The With the sad character of Jo, Dickens again showed his strong feelings about family moved again, to another part of London. While some work on the house the lives of poor street children in the city. The boy clears a path on dirty, busy streets before somebody crosses. This is his only way of eaming alittle money. was finished, they stayed on the coast. In these unhappy conditions, Dickens tepen hissy neal Blast Hex He has not been to school and he does nat know about his own family or past. ‘When they think of London, many people sill think of fog. The famous first lines of Bleak House helped to give this picture of London to the world. ‘The book begins with just ewo words: Fog everywhere.’ Dickens continues wit a description of thick fog along the River Thames. But Dickens was not only \ describing the city and its weather. In Bleak Howse, Sinha courts. In his opinion, i was easy o get los in these, Like a fog, people books, and Dickens stopped worrying about money for afew months, fcr aa soe fn vay through them. Again, Dickens wrote about lavgjers, more travels in Europe with friends, he began another story for his magazine. nea ! vas noe = about people who worked in the law, At the start of the ext novel, Hard Times, Dickens faced the new changes in ee ove a our eas abue Bleak Hou hac working conditions. In 1838, when he was 2 reporter, he visited the mills in eat Nan bas gone oh north of the country. Now in 1853, he went back to Manchest te prepale Ot an ih Hobs many chats owing the book. He wortied aboue the lives of working people in this hard, new worl and por In sone way of factories and aay ool Hard Times was a difficult book for Dickens to write. A new part was d shed every week, Dickens wrote for six months and became more and more Summerson. The sto the first police det f — red. The novel is less funny than many of his other stories. In the story He does not know that people have more than one name. He does not know is short for a longer name, Joseph. He cannot even spell the s's characters, lonely Jois one of the saddest. Bleak House was a great success for Dickens. It sold more copies than his early han ides of London life, rich * very modern novel. For the first time, Dickens voice of a female character ~ 18-year-old Esther & detective story. The character of Bucket is fiction. {09 fou (n) cloudy air near the ground ‘l/l (n) a factory that makes cloth | y 4 Est Charkes Dickens ‘Chape 8- Dfender ofthe Por He also tied to help in more practical way. A good fiend of his was avery rich ean called Angela Burdet-Couts. Coutts wanted help people with her mroney and fr years Dickens helped her to do tha. For example, Courts stated ome for young women without homes or money. Dickens chose the house cd the people who lived there. ‘Dickens was as popular and busy as ever, but he was not happy. He did not is of her. He was not always ant people thu tothe ig problems of the day were os anh ckens to become a politician, He and defend the poor through his ere fis dag Dike with rm fishin ” ie father spent ime IM Bo : die pikents mother away belived inher husband, jug ‘The description of young, so Working ing ‘hoon comes from Dickens’ early life. Dickens worked in a | dey Boron con gor. Asayoung man, Dickens was very close to | Hewas very ad when she ded, Perhaps he wa thinking | “her when he weote the death scene OF ...nnnnnninn « | REZ] What more did you learn? White the correct book title next to the sentences. 1 Themain character wats to his aunt's house 2 Factory onmesin the town of Cketown 070% lk ater thei workers 3 Apoorstret child does not know is ow last name, 4 Avich man has not ime for his | daughter, Florence, oe | i | ight? . | [pes wereyo™ ie pesto activity 44: Then complete this information back at. toot 7am w=» he was probably thinking op When Dickens wrote Prison when Dickeng Language in use Look at the sentences on the right. ‘Then put the right noun into the .d sentence below so it has a meaning to Dickens was not city and its weal Miss Betsey is there at David's... feat the factory. Dickens remembered his own ; Dickens used his own... sou Of factory work. 3. David marries Dora, but she dies. Dora dies after her... to David. 4. After she dies, he marries Agnes. After her ws he marties Agnes. 5 Dickens edited a magazine. Dickens was the wn... of a magazine. 6 Dickens felt strongly about children like Jo. Dickens had strong about children like Jo. What's next? Read the first few lines of Chapter 9 quickly. What do you think was ‘calling to him’ from the past? What was Dickens remembering when: 1 he bought the house at Gad's Hill Place? 2 he went to see Maria Beadnell? Voices from the Past WwW: Dickens worked, he usually went for long walks. These walks often took him near places from his past. In fact, for Dickens, the past was never faraway. Again and ag: his memory. Now the past was calling to him in his life too. First, he saw Gad’s Hill Place. Remembering his father’s words from years before, he decided to buy the house. Soon af a letter arrived on his desk. Tewas another voice from the past —his first love, Maria Beadnell. She did not return his love when he was a young man, Bur now she was writing to him. In his warm reply, Dickens wrote of the happiness that he remembered with Maria. er even spoke about the Maria character in David Copperfield, Dora Spenlow. Maria wrote that she was a different woman now. In her own words, oe be fa, old and ugly. But memories were too strong for Dickens — he rane 0 mec hes. To his surprise, Maria's description of herself was true. She in che same way, but now she seemed sad and silly to Dickens. He left 4 sad and si Dickens began his next novel past plays a large part in the book. In Blog and in Hard Timerhe attacked wosk een ome Litsle Dorrit he chose to atack a different But this subjece was more personal for Dickens, When he a ‘Amy Dorrit and her father, he was remembering his own fre debtors’ prison. The character William Dot ron these unhappy conditions tions in factories and mills, part of Engl Dickens's memor were changed by his death. There is not much in the sad character of Wi find amusing. Great Dickens Characters: 3m Dorrit's daughter Amy le Dorrit of the book's -the title ~ pays the greatest price for her father's debt. She was born in Marshalsea Prison and lives there with the rest of the Dorrit family At the age of thirteen, Amy knows that her father is a broken man. She knows, too, that he cannot be ‘a good father to his children. Amy is the oldest of the three Dorrit fen, and she is the head of the Life in Marae Prion Place in 1856. Dickens a pay forthe theatre wih in the play, and Geo, Dickens loved acting again. sen ating except oN a profesional, c cae heare. She wanted fO meet Dicker ig was because he was wearing not angry, and later thanked had bigger plans for it. He took it ro pal acueses. One ofthese Was Frances Mara ad Ellen, were actresses 0. Maria che play, but Dickens was mos interested in ofhislife sp maried (unhappily) and he had a large wMthe same age as Dickens's daughter Kate, This ove for Ellen was deep. When Catherine learned shout Dickens’ eng, discovery brot ‘marriage to an end. Trsimposibl co know Dickens rue syn woman? Was the past cling him agai vt hae Nay Hogarth when she died in Dickens’ arms many yeas before ‘hes and to ay that Catherine was nota good mother. This was not tru uc petaps he bleed it In his opinion, the girls changed when they vere with er, Catherine was very angry and in May, she moved out of the i CHAPTE! Dickens on Stage vb ke a bis in the mira, e was tlkng, bt not wih bis sual wc He was acting — being the characters in his novels. of a writer is usually quiet, but Charles Dickens was not usual in 1 way, He could no live aqui life, We know that he lays loved che He could copy a lr of di ices. When he was young, he wanted profesional actor. He acted in few plays at differen times, and he was a coe. fact, Dickens’ love of the theatre and his work asa ‘One of his daughters remembered a story about he father. He was * book at his desk, but every few minutes he stood up. He walked to a ‘and began to put on the fat ifferent characters. As he looked at che mitror, he was talking, bueno with his usual voice He was acting keep the money from the tour. ‘very popular, but the newspapers were ull of stories about age. There were alot of questions. Did he love Ellen Ternan? Georgina Hogarth? Some ofthe newspapers attacked him. In his always wrote warmly about strong, happy families. The message was ing was more important in life. Bu in his own life, Dickens was ending he did not hide his feelings for a woman the same age as his own daughter. Some of Dickens’ friends worried. Perhaps, afterall this, Dickens was ‘not so popular with the British people? “There was no need to worry. Dickens began the our in London. When he first walked om stage, the crowed in the theatre was very excited, The same happened on the rest of the rout. Dickens always started on time, walking on © the stage with a lower in his jacket. He had a book in his hands, but he really id not need it. Dickens could remember the scenes ‘When he began to read, he seemed to change. His voi was different and he ~en looked diferent. He seemed to become ech new character — the clever 8 ee cares Dickens sam Weller from Pikuick Papers the nurse Mrs Gamp from Martin Chuzclewi, arid man Stooge from A Cras Carol. Te crows laughed at the Hundreds of people cried during the sad scenes. The tour was ickens happy but tired. A second national tour in the aving Di 858 was also successful lanned a new magazine. As usual, he started a first first words of the book are very famous: of times...’ Of course, Dickens wanted the novel to have a message for the present diy. If most people do not have good schools and good work conditions, itis dangerous for everybod) A Taleo Tuo Cites old the history of the Revolution, but it was also a love story, and readers never forget Sydney Carton. Great Dickens Characters: Sydney Carton At fst the Engl fst Egham ecb a ssh and ny. He lok vey silat tebanes Helo the same woman, Luce, ut she loves Darnay.At the end of | Darayis going to be killed in Paris by revolutionaries. For the love evolution re {ron esta tne when the people of sage thelr form of Arevlutonaysperion who fight for ha tat change. “ re (Chapt 10 Dickenson Sage A Tite of Too Ci an mast of Dickens’ other wo 1, much more serious, bu reader loved it, Dickens Socibeinei ve ry [have ever written Perhaps Dickens was thinking about himself and Ellen Teman when he wrote sdney Cartons romantic lst scene. Bu Dickens didnot lose Elen He av ying for a house for her and her family in London. In 1859, Ellen e. This was probably ike Corn ae wr ‘Many reader ba 5 i ke Activities 9 [aE] Were you right took back at your a God's did Dickens buy the house at toactivity 54.Then answer the questions. swers Hill Place? 1 Why! at di e think of Maia Beadnell when he met her again? ir i n 2 wh «the story of te Dorr similar to Dickens's own life? 3 How was «4 nwhat way was Elen Terman tke Catherine Dickens's sister, Mary Hogarth? [NEE] What more did you learn? 1. Match the names and the thoughts. Charles loves ne very much, CO his marriage. 0 Charles Dickens Catherine Dickens Ellen Ternan Maria Beadnell [the stsh people] 2 Which Dickens character I can't stay in this house with him, to Maria Beadnell? Father of Marshal 'Ooks after her fai 'sloved by Lucier ies because he loves Lucie? sea’ Prison? ly at the age of thirteen? 46 Language in use ok at the sentence on the right, soem put the right forms of the verbs ae ‘sentences below. - 408.4069... (walk) through the streets when he -~nw (See) the house at Gad's Hill Place ina play, he When Catherine was dying in 1879, she gave Kate all Charles's letters to her. 4 Dickens 2. When he was acting ~ (meet) Ellen Terman. perhaps he was thinking about his love for Ellen when he... (write) the novel's last romantic scene. Most of Dickens's children... (live) with their mother when Dickens moved to Gad's Hill Place. 5 When Dickens was writing, he .. (stand up) every few minutes. What's next? Look at the pictures in Chapter 11 from Dickens's next novel, Great Expectations. What do you think? Are these sentences right (/) or wrong (X)? 1 (1) The boy in the picture on page 49 is the main character in the book. 2 [) The man in the same picture is the boy's father. 3 L] The boy is afraid when he sees the man. 4 [J The woman in the picture on page 50 is the boy's grandmother. 5 [1 The old woman is very rich. & ( The old woman loves the boy. 7 1) The boy starts to love the git in the same picture. Se = Money and Crime ved Copperfield, the new novel retrned 10 Dickents own pase til Das Per ier now His view of is past ife was les simple, Place without Catherine, Dickens continued go May These walks took him ro many paces fron Wed wo shape his next novel, Great Espesenon Jong walls ier 4 wid Copperfield again. He did not w: re started, Dickens ead David Copperfield ag ant the a on co be t 1. Like David Copperfield, the new novel returned vrckenss own pas. But Dickens was older nov. His view oF his past life was ey simple. ao Expecationsis the story of Philip Pi ip’. Like David foes Phe main character in the book tells che story to the reader. Asa ‘a village with his older sister because his parents are dead. She is boy, Pi mmasied roa kind, simple man called Joe Gargary. The boy likes Joe very much, ‘Mrs joe’ — isnot a pleasant character. h a famous scene. Pip is outside the local church, in the He thinks that he is alone in the fog. But suddenly ‘Alarge man jumps out. He is wet and dirty and cold. ‘Dont move or I you!’ shouts the man. The young boy is very frightened, but he cannot escape. This is Pip’ first meeting with Abel Magwitch, This meeting changes Pips life forever. place where his paren a terrible voice sho Great Dickens Characters: Abel Magwitch lagwitch, has escaped from one of the prison ships off the 'e, many British prisoners were sent to live in Australia. When \as @ boy, he saw the prison ships in the sea near England's south Coast) The prisoner tels Pip to find him some food. He also needs a tool Pip does not come back, Magic iscaugh, bu he does not to Au anybody ab 's help. He iss ia but he never forgets the young boy. Of course, this is nor the end of e in Great Expectations. onan sister comes home with news. There is a rich old woman in iss Havisham., She has sene an unusual message. She wants PiP 48 Money and Crime er house and to play there. Pip is dressed in his best cloth lechook, takes the nervous boy to Miss Havisham’s house, The bars on many of the windows. Pip and Pumblechook ate. An older girl with keys in her hand comes to open the Pip goes with her, leaving Pumblechook outside ac the gate. Pips Maguith is one of Dickens mas famous fs ba 49 | tl ‘Charles Dickens ‘Chapter 11 ~ Money and Chime "rwant to go home.’ From Great Expectations [olowed the gitinto the house and up the dark sti. She pointed toa gp. ‘Goin’ she said or, ‘The room was large. Tere wee i but there Was. eh coutside.A strange old woman was siting a a table witha miror She wag °™ ‘wearing white shoes anda wit dessa weding des. There were ower her white hair There seemed to be no life in her eyes. The old lady tured her pal face.'Who is it?” she said. “Pp, replied! have come to play | noticed that the hands ofthe clock did not move. The time in this room always twenty to nine. The old lady's watch showed the same time, Miss Havsham.'l have not seen the sun since you were your heart Moke! sid the od worman with atrange smile Then she sid am eo cat tela and play The ye to the room and we decided to play a game of cards. “Wat can you play boy? she asked me coldly | told her and we began the won easly Estella said, "Look at his hands! And his thick boots! He is just a in “an | think that she is very pretty: ‘and? “1 think that she is rude, | said ‘Miss Havisham put her hand on her chest and asked, Do you know what ch here?” a a ‘nd | think that I want to go home. ‘Miss Havisham hates all men. She enjoys it when Estella is unkind to Pip. sur even after this meeting, Pip begins o love Estella. The rest of the book follows Pip as he becomes a man. We learn that a mysterious person has given him a loc of money. For years, Pip believes that this comes from Miss Havisham. For much of the book, Pip is selfish. He thinks thar money makes him better than other people. But then Abel Magwitch returns with surprising news. The money was not Miss Havisham’s. Magwitch earned a lot of money in Australia. Remembering the kind boy outside the church, he sent the money to Pip. All Pips money came from a criminal! When he learns this, Pip has to change his pinion of the world and his own place in it. There are some very famous scenes near the end of the novel. A fire destroys Miss Havisham’s house, and Pip and Magwitch try to escape from the London police on the River Thames. Ac first, Dickens did not want the book to have a happy ending. In his frst ending, Pip finally learns that Estella will never return his love. Buta friend changed Dickens's mind about this and he wrote a different ending. The novel ‘was published with this new ending. Pip returns to England after eleven years road. He revisits Miss Havisham’s house lost in memories. Estella is there, too, She has been married, but her husband is dead. She asks Pip tobe kind and leave her alone. But in his heart Pip knows that the ewo will stay together now. was not true for the novels Pip and Estella are given a happy ending, but = Dickens wanted to live with Ellen Ternan, but this was not p Catherine alive, ible with thai hose ‘1 Last Years There are a lot of questions in the first ‘but we have no answers othe mystery Dickens never —er RT Fhe the bn ickens began his las fll novel, Our Mutual Fren. was not easy. It took him longer to wr becoming more and more unvell, but he still went for a lon, to France with Ellen and her mother ( to London from the coat, che train crashed. Ten passengers died ny the Ternans were not hurt, but their part of the train hung from ab river. Dickens helped Ellen and her mother off the train, Then hehe the other passengers. He stayed with the people who were hurt used his hat to carry water from the river. After a few hours, he that month’ part of Our Mutual Friend was si were very dangerous, but Dickens went back and found his work In Our Mutual Friend, Dickens seems to attack London, caling i jgeat black river’. The book begins on ths ive daughter Lizzie search the Thames for dead bodies carn money by finding bodies in the water. In fact, many of the characte June, 1865 he travell Jess Hexham and a Las Years \ ouses and prisons. Until the end of his life, Dickens was still in lished, Dick

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