Charles Dickens as a Novelist Literature Assignment Paper

Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens
The Victorian era marks one of the most influential times in the British history. This is a period that formally started with the ascent of Queen Victoria to power in the year 1837. This also brought an end to the Romantic era. The Victorian era came with great strides in the society, with great changes that shaped Britain. Commerce and industry burgeoned as Britain grew in might among the rest of the nations in the region and even globally (Staff.washington.edu, 2016). It was also during this era that England reached its position as the world imperial power of the time. With the developments that came England during the reign of the queen, London experienced population growth estimated at 4 million. The economic, political and industrial changes of the nation had profound impacts socially. The rapid growth and the disparity that resulted between those that were lucky and those that were not created mixed feelings in the society (Staff.washington.edu, 2016). As such, the writers of the Victorian age also reflected these reactions in the content and context. Some praised the rapid growth, while others complained of the social ills that resulted in the society. This is however an age that ushered an era of writers who were free to express themselves in their work and as an expression of the social aspects in England. This is an era that brought out the modernism theme in literature within the British literature and beyond. It was also an era that was marked with social and economic disparities (The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 2016).
One of the most influential British authors of the time was Charles Dickens. Having lived through 1812 to 1870, is one of the most prolific authors of his time. He was born in Portsmouth as the second child in his family of eight children. John Dickens, his father worked as aclerk and his mother Elizabeth Barrow always aspired to be teacher. During his writing career, he is known to have given his audience some of the masterpieces such as the Nicholas Nickeby, A tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. This last novel was one of his last works and he died before he could finish it.
He had a humble beginning both at his family level and even in his career. He was from a poor family and struggled to get educated from a young age. His career started off as a journalist and later on became a sensational author with millions of followers and audience. He had enviable skill that was appealing to both the sophisticated and the simple as well as the poor and the rich (The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 2016). His ability to leverage technology at that time enabled him to spread his influence across the globe. He is an author had great compassion, range and intelligence relative to his apprehension for the society and all the shortcomings that came with it. It is such like features that made his work standout among the many in the society. He was able to paint the true picture of the society and attend to the feelings and struggles of the people in Britain during the Victorian era (The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 2016). While this period...