Презентация по английскомй языку на тему CHARLES DICKENS

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) Charles Dickens, whose name stands first in the list of authors belonging to the “brilliant school” was born in the family of a poor clerk at Portsmouth.In 1821 the Dickens family went to London; things went from bad to worse. Little Charles’ father was put into the Marshalsea prison for debt. It became necessary that the boy, though only ten years old, should earn money, and a job was found for him in a blacking factory. He later described this period of his childhood in “David Copperfield.” Quite unexpectedly a relative of the family left Mr. Dickens a legacy which enabled him to pay his debts and leave the Marshalsea.Young Charles, to his great joy, was sent to school. On leaving school Charles entered the office of a lawyer and then took up the work of a parliamentary reporter. This work led naturally to journalism, and journalism to novel writing. In 1836, when only twenty-four years of age, Charles Dickens published his first book, a collection of sketches and stories, under the title of “Sketches by Boz.” These were followed by “The Pickwick Papers” and “Oliver Twist” (1837—1838). Then came “Nicholas Nickleby” (1838—1839), and others. At the beginning of the forties Dickens made a journey to the USA after which his faith in the ideals of bourgeois democracy was considerably shaken. For in America Dickens saw how very false and hypocritical were the bourgeois declarations of freedom. The results of this journey were “American Notes,” a series of travel sketches, and the novel “Martin Chuzzlewit”. His novels are now translated into most languages and are highly valued for their realism, their humour and their just criticism of English life. Dickens’ first novels and his books on America were followed by many more novels and stories—“The Chimes,” “Dombey and Son,” “David Copperfield,” “Hard Times,” “Little Dorrit”— and other works, until the little boy from the blacking factory became one of the greatest novelists that ever put pen to paper. HOW MR. PICKWICK UNDERTOOK TO DRIVE,AND MR. WINKLE TO RIDE, AND HOW THEY BOTH DID IT(From “The Pickwick Papers")Mr. Pickwick, an elderly gentleman, is travelling over England with his three friends Mr Snodgrass, Mr. Tupman and Mr. Winkle.Mr. Pickwick is bald, stout and rather short. He is very trustful, good-tem­pered and always cheerful. Mr. Snodgrass believes himself to be something of a poet;1 Mr. Tupman has a very tender heart and falls in love easily. Mr. Winkle pretends to be a sportsman, he tries to shoot, skate and ride, though he really knows nothing about it and always comes to grief.2 All four are some of Dickens' best comic characters. The Russian revolutionary democrats thought highly of Dickens precisely because he reflected most of the vital social problems of the day.