with his imaginative powers allows him the honor of being the most popular English

novelist of the 19th century. Dickens has thrilled his readers for many years with his

down-to-earth stories about real people forced into real situations. Charles Dickens has

the ability to tell his stories from personal experiences. He fine-tuned his ability to tell his

own story through the life of another character or cast of characters.

Born on the evening of February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens was the second child of his

parents, John and Elizabeth Dickens.. Although he was a solitary child, Dickens was

observant and good natured . Looking back on this period of his life, Dickens thought of it

as the golden age (Carey 6). In the first novel that he wrote, The Pickwick Papers,

Dickens tries to bring back the good old times as he remembers them with their

picturesque nature. Gary Carey believes that this novel displays the happiness of innocence

and the playful spirit of the youth during the time of Dickens's youthful days (7).

Overtaken by financial difficulties, the Dickens family was forced to move into a

it does become interesting at times and in the end brings the reader into an understanding

Anyway that a reader approaches A Tale of Two Cities, it is a hard book to read although

In Terry W. Glaspey's Great Books of the Christian Tradition, he says, "Dickens could

As only an artist could. Dickens paints a moral picture of life. To paint the moral for

factory in London. The despair and humiliation that he suffered there and the rejection of

because he had a rough life doesn't mean it was a bad one.

events take place off stage in the novel, they do have a major effect on the lives of the

The journey is one that along with "David's" is longing for what is lost in the past and the

He felt abandoned and destroyed by this evil roller-coaster ride of life he was on. From

underground preliminary stages. The book covers eighteen years ending with one of the

pieces The Mystery of Edwin Drood Dickens never ceased to develop his writing abilities

The structure of Dickens's Copperfield has the freeness and the unity of a wonderful

as he makes the reader a vital part of David Copperfield's life. This journey is a theme in

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Approximate Word count = 1950
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)