Dickens, Charles

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century English author. His works include A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and numerous other novels. He created many memorable characters, including Bob Cratchit, Fagin, Jacob Marley, Samuel Pickwick, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Tiny Tim. Dickens, a man of keen social conscience, used his books to portray the suffering of the working class at the time of the Industrial Revolution.

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Example Sentences

These days, Ellis is starting to stretch her directing muscles more, but what has continued to stand out for me has been watching Ellis’ ability to ground a production, providing an empathetic character for audiences to connect with, like in her work as Catherine Dickens, Charles Dickens’ wife, in Seattle Rep’s holiday show “Mr. Dickens and His Carol.”

From Seattle Times

On the set of the joint FX/BBC Dickens’ Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” a London street has been decorated with snowflakes to provide a Victorian winter feel.

From Seattle Times

Plummer was put forth early on to play John Dickens, Charles’ father, but that role eventually went to Jonathan Pryce.

From Los Angeles Times

It was also a moment when Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and the future prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, then chancellor of the Exchequer, faced pivotal and stressful tests of their character and careers.

From New York Times

Dickens, Charles, his "Pickwick," 23; origin of his "Bill Stumps," 146; Pickwick suggested by Seymour, 280; described by Willis, 282.

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