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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens. CelebrAting dickens. Charles Dickens celebrates his 200th birthday this year . LIFE. Charles Dickens was an English writer . He was born in Portsmouth 7th February 1812. When he was 11

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Charles Dickens

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  1. Charles Dickens

  2. CelebrAting dickens

  3. Charles Dickens celebrateshis 200th birthdaythisyear.

  4. LIFE Charles Dickens wasan English writer. He wasborn in Portsmouth 7th February 1812. When he was 11 yearsold he worked in a factory. In 1836 hemarried Catherine Hogarth. He had ten childrenbut in 1858 heseparated. He alsoworkedas a journalist and reporter. For hisnovels he adopted the «penname», Boz. He publishedtwoimportantseriallynovels«The PickwickPapers», and «Skatches by Boz» in 1836. Healsopublishedtwoimportantsentimentalnovels: «David Copperfield» (1849) and «Christmas Carol» (1843) and threeimportant

  5. social novels: «Oliver Twist» (1837), «Hard Times» (1834) and «Great Expectations» (1865). He died in 1870 in Gadshill.

  6. Oliver Twist Oliver, the maincharacterof Oliver Twist lived in an orphanageuntil hewasnineyearsold. Thenhewasobligedto work buthewastreatedverybadly and decided to runaway to London.Here hestayed with Fagin and his boys, a band of pickpocketswhotaughthim a strange game.Oliver’s life amongcriminalslike the brutal Bill Sikeswasdifficultbut in the end the boy foundhappiness and love.

  7. Christmas Carol In Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge was a miserly old man who believed that Christmas was just an excuse for people to miss work and for idle people to expect handouts. During the Christmas Eve, he rejected a Christmas dinner invitation from his jolly nephew Fred and he went to bed early. That night, Scrooge was visited by the ghost of his former business associate, Jacob Marley. Marley warned Scrooge that if he continued to live so selfishly, he will be very unhappy. He also was visited by three spirits that showed him his past, his present and his future. Finally he understood the meaning of Christmas.

  8. Thankyouforyourattention By: Chiara Consalvo, Gaia Paradiso, Giulia Lambiase, Vera Di Rosario, Chiara De Pascale, ConnySimonetti and Manuela Di Giovanni

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