Charles Dickens Research Paper

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In the period from 1830 to 1840 was the rise of social novel, also it known as social problem novel. This was in many ways a reaction to hurried industrialization, and the social, political and monetary issues associated with it, and it means of commenting on dishonest movement of government and industry and the suffering of the poor, who were not profiting from England's economic wealth. Stories of the working class poor were directed toward middle class to help create sympathy and support to change. Charles Dickens emerged on the literary picture in the 1830s with the two novels already mentioned. Dickens wrote intensely about London life and struggles of the poor, but in a good humored style, easily reached to readers of all classes. One …show more content…

In that novel he satirizes whole swaths of humanity while retaining a light touch. It features his most memorable character, the attractively mischievous Becky Sharp. The Bronte sisters were other important novelists in the 1840s and 1850s. Their novels caused a feeling when they were first published but afterward accepted as classics. They had written spontaneously from early childhood and were first published, at their own expenditure in 1846 as poets under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. The sisters returned to prose, producing a novel each the following year, Charlotte's ‘Jane Eyre’, Emily's ‘Wuthering Heights’ and Anne's ‘Agnes Grey’. Later, Anne's ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’ (1848) and Charlotte's ‘Villette’ (1853) were published. Elizabeth Gaskell was also a successful writer and first novel, ‘Mary Barton’, was published anonymously in 1848. Gaskell's North and South was different of lifestyle in the industrial north of England with the more affluent south. Even though her writing conforms to Victorian conventions, Gaskell usually frames her stories as critiques of contemporary attitudes her early works focused on factory work in the Midlands. She always emphasized the role of women, with multifaceted narratives and self-motivated female …show more content…

Complication took place in social, political, economical and cultural spheres but India handled them thoughtfully and adequately and progressed step by step. Kushwant Singh came into the timelight as a crude realist in his native land Kerala, as Kushwant Singh’s in the Punjab. He wrote ‘Wound of Spring’ (1960), ‘Janu’ (1988). Balachandra Rajan presents a blend of realism and fantasy in the Indian English fiction of the 1950s and 1960s. An important feature of this period was the growth of Indian women novelists writing in English. Their appearance added a new dimension to Indian English novel. It is only after India gained freedom that they have begun enriching Indian English fiction. The dominant figures were Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai and Araind Adiga. Aravind Adiga was born on 23rd Oct 1974 in Chennai (Madras) which is the capital of Tamil Nadu. He is an Indian Journalist and writer. Aravind Adiga was born to K.Madhava who is a doctor and to Usha Adiga, both who hailed from Mangalore. K.Suryanarayana Adiga the former chairman of Karnataka Bank is the paternal grandfather. U.Rama Rao, a popular medical practitioner and congress politician from Madras is the maternal great

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