Topic Dickens as a socialist

Paper 6 The Victorian Literature

Name Devendra A Joshi

Class M.A. Sem-II

Submitted To Prof. Dilip Barad

(Head of English Dept. M. K. S.

Bhavnagar University)

Born 1812 Popular British novelist World celebrate his birthday Power in depicting British society Industrial capitalism A socialist

One of the rich nobility Biography, highlighting aspects of his personality 19th century writer Novels, Essays and short stories Work The political, economic and social aspects of the

society

Karl Marx said that

The great Victorian novelists, Dickens, Thackeray, and the Brontes,

"have issued to the world more political and social truths than have been uttered by all the professional politicians, publicists and moralists

put together"

Social stratification Oliver twist and Hard times Political message Progress Literary, improvement and quality Part of social reform and criticism

Social focusing Victimization and abandonment Socialist views Addition to political sentiments Socialist ideologies Social reforms

Society Plight of the poor humanely

Conclusion

Represents 19th century Plight of the poor Weak of the society Devotes his work State to change Attitude towards these people

According to Even Prince.,

Charles recently hailed Dickens’s "use of his creative genius… to

campaign passionately for social justice".

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