Victorian Novelists - Later Nineteenth Century Novelists
Victorian literature refers to English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria. The 19th century is widely considered to be the Golden Age....
Victorian Novelists - Later Nineteenth Century Novelists
Later Nineteenth Century [Victorian] Novelists Charles Dickens He is one of the greatest English novelists. He wrote novels based on social issues. He is a realist novelist. He bitterly attacked the social evils, the money-minded rich people, and the industrial society. In his novels, he presents the lives of the poor, their miserable condition and the cruel treatment of society to the poor. He attacked the bad effects of the Industrial Revolution that caused poverty, diseases, injustice and many other ills. He shows how true man is surrounded by villains, social climbers, criminals and cheats. In his different novels, he describes and attacks many kinds of unpleasant people and places- bad schools, school teachers, government departments, bad prisons and bad houses. His characters include thieves, murderers, men in debt, stupid, hungry children and cheats. His major novels are: Hard Times Thomas Gradgrind is a scientific man who teaches his children about facts and scientific reasoning.…
