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The Holly-Tree by Dickens (Paperback / softback, 2015)

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Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-kwn fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest velist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His vels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Dickens preferred the style of the 18th century picaresque vels that he found in abundance on his father's shelves. According to Ackroyd, other than these, perhaps the most important literary influence on him was derived from the fables of The Arabian Nights. His writing style is marked by a profuse linguistic creativity. Satire, flourishing in his gift for caricature, is his forte. An early reviewer compared him to Hogarth for his keen practical sense of the ludicrous side of life, though his acclaimed mastery of varieties of class idiom may in fact mirror the conventions of contemporary popular theatre. Dickens worked intensively on developing arresting names for his characters that would reverberate with associations for his readers, and assist the development of motifs in the storyline, giving what one critic calls an allegorical impetus to the vels' meanings. To cite one of numerous examples, the name Mr. Murdstone in David Copperfield conjures up twin allusions to murder and stony coldness. His literary style is also a mixture of fantasy and realism. His satires of British aristocratic sbbery-he calls one character the Noble Refrigerator -are often popular. Comparing orphans to stocks and shares, people to tug boats, or dinner-party guests to furniture are just some of Dickens's acclaimed flights of fancy.

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1517563402
ISBN-13
9781517563400
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Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
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English
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Short Stories & Fiction Anthologies
Author
Dickens

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Date of Publication
28/09/2015
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Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

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