Dickens Flashcards

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Where

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Portsmouth

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Born

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February 7 1812

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Died

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June 9 1870

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Dickens parents were

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John and Elizabeth dickens

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Lived in what era

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Victorian

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Time period great disparity between

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Aristocracy

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Common jobs

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Blacking factories

Chimney sweeps

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Job caused most deaths

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Chimney sweeps

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When dickens was how old

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12

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What does a blacking factory do

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Paste labels on the box

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Charles was forced to work at

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Warrens blacking factory

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How did the dickens family to manage to get out of

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Unexpected legacy

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After the release Charles began school at

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Wellington house academy

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Many of dickens works were published through

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Serialized form interviews

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First book he published

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Sketches by boz

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The book that gave dickens fame as a writer

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The pick wick papers

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Dickens most famous

A

A Christmas carol

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As a young man dickens fell in love with with a young lady

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Maria bead ell

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New poor laws

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1834

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The purpose was

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Aid and assistance to poverty people

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The reader will see that dickens is very critical

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Lack of care for poor

Gov and church

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Dickens used the novel as a way to point out about

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Polite society

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Soon after his split he met

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Catherine Hogarth

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They were married

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April 1836

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They had how many children

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10

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Their marriage did not prove to be a happy one for two major reasons

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  1. He blamed her for 19 children brought in Georgina help

2. Intellectual equal

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Turned over what duties

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Housekeeping duties to Georgina

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When did they separate

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1858

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Who did she live with after they separate

A

Charlie

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Catherine died if

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Cancer

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Following his seperatists from his wife

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Ellen ternam

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She was also with him on

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1865 and staple hurst railway accident

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Most characters inspired by

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People he actually knew

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Bumbling fool

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To show the uselessness and pride of the church. They weren’t using it what is was intended for