Charles Dickens :
Unit 9 Charles Dickens /查尔斯·狄更斯(1812-1870)
1 Dickens is one of the greatest critical realist writers of the Victorian Age
2 In language, he is often compared with Shakespeare for his adeptness with the vernacular and large vocabulary with which he brings out many a wonderful verbal picture of man and scene.
3 His humor and wit seem inexhaustible, character- portrayal is the most distinguished feature of his work.
4His best-depicted characters, are those innocent , virtuous , persecuted helpless child characters.
5Dickens work are also characterized by a mingling of humor and pathos. He seems to believe that life is itself a mixture of joy and grief.
