Charles Dickens was one of the Brightest and Most...

The British writer Charles Dickens was one of the brightest and most influential people of his time. His many writings, including Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, have been efficacious in many lives and have created a legacy of classics that will be read forever. Dickens, who was born in Portsmouth, England, was raised in a poor family, in which he had to work instead of attending school. Although not being able to go to school was detrimental to Charles, it gave him a chance to begin his career. After a few years of journalism, Dickens began working for a press under the alias, â€Å"Boz.† With the publishing of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Charles Dickens was ushered into the literary community and gained his first real fame. The writing career of Charles Dickens is often described in two phases. The first phase, being the humorous side of Dickens, is when he uses serious topics and characters while incorporating just the right amount of humor. Within the first phase, his work, because it was written during the Victorian Age (1837-1901), was as K. K. Collins put it, â€Å"often concerned with social reform† (12). Throughout these earlier novels and essays, there is a common theme of 18th century gothic romance. Charles, being an England native, used London as a common setting for many of his writings. The Old Curiosity Shop, a novel by Dickens that describes a young girl named Nell and her grandfather’s bankruptcy, reflects these themes quite literally.Show MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesuse material from this work, please submit a written request to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, or you may fax your request to 201-236-3290. Many of the designations by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trade marks. Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps. Library of Congress