Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Victorian Times

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Lesson duration is: 45 min

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A Christmas Carol

Victorian Times

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Victorian Times

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What about children?

The following fragment sketches just one of the many hard jobs children in the Victorian era had to do.

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Rich children

raised by a nanny & spoiled
hardly any contact with their parents
not allowed to eat at the same table
educated
needed to marry a person from the same class

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Charles Dickens

The following video gives background information about Charles Dickens. Please take notes.

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Special for Dickens' novels

serialized stories in journals (= installments)
cliffhangers / some characters are forgotten / influence of the public
literature available for a wider audience
cheap
ironical/satirical
absurd characters and absurd names

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Special for Dickens's novels

flat and vivid characters
most of the novels took place in the busy city
workhouse, child labour
mostly male characters

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Charles Dickens

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