Charles Dickens - His Life and Work.

 Introduction 5
Chapter I. Charles Dickens - His Life and Work 7
1.1. The Growth of Man and Writer 7
1.2. Charles Dickens - A Social Critic 11
1.3. The Effects of Dickens`s childhood experience on his
work 14
Chapter II. The Child – Hero 19
2.1. Dickens`s Deep Sympathy for the Most Innocent of His
Characters 19
2.2. Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Paul Dombey, Pip -
"Small Adults" 23
2.3. Florence Dombey, Little Dorrit, Agnes Wickfield, Little
Nell - "Little mothers" 33
Chapter III. Children`s Conditions of Existence 40
3.1. Life in the English Cities 40
3.2. Contemporary Evils: the Workhouse, the Warehouse, the Debtors` Prison 45
3.3. The Educational System 51
Chapter IV. The Influence of the Adults on the Lives of the Children 57
4.1 The Two Opposite Spheres of Life 58
4.1.1 The Benevolent Society 59
4.1.2 The Evil World 63
4.2 Dickens`s Art of Portraying Comic and Grotesque
Characters 69
4.3 An Unforgettable character - Mr. Wilkins Micawber 74
Final Remarks 78
References 79
Bibliography 85
Appendix 87