Introduction
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the greatest English novelists of the Victorian period. He wrote many novels, such as Oliver Twist and Great Expectations, but they didn't die with him. His books are still very popular today.
Dickens's novels are full of great feeling. He tries to fight injustice and unfairness, he loathes social evil, and he despairs double standards. Many events and people in his books were based on events and people in his life. As a child, he had very bad experiences - working in a factory and his father going to prison and facing poverty.
Dickens's writings are complex. Sometimes he preaches social reform and family life. Other times he vividly and brutally reflects on the Victorian era. Occasionally he uses comedy for example writing about things behaving like people whilst people behave like machines. His style of writing is very descriptive - he writes like an imaginative yet frightened child.
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