Dickens Writings
In writing David Copperfield and Oliver Twist, author Charles Dickens depended on his memories and experiences as a child. These instances provided Dickens’ with ample descriptions and depictions of life as a child growing up during Dickens’ own era in England. In 1849 Dickens’ began writing a novel based on his earlier life experiences. This novel came to be David Copperfield, a semi-autobiography that draws heavily on his life in both character and incident. Oliver Twist also draws from his past and present, referring to his views on the English legal system and poverty, but focuses mainly on social class distinctions. Dickens own childhood was nightmarish, living in poverty and with his family being imprisoned for debt. Dickens’ wrote Oliver Twist to expose his theories and beliefs of the way the Victorian middle class frowned upon the poor during the 1830’s in England. The novel also criticized the legal system, the workhouses and middle class moral values of its era. The character of Oliver was born into an unfortunate situation of being an orphaned child. His mother passed away shortly after his birth in a workhouse and Oliver was still un-named. His name was as it was due to alphabetical order. In the workhous
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Approximate Word count = 1564
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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