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AGENDA, 12 / 4 Vocab. quiz 9 GUSTAVE DORE “Ancient Mariner,” pt. 1 SHORT BREAK “Mariner” 2 Discuss, incl. SYMBOLISM
BELL-RINGERWhat are some
popular Christmas
stories, movies,
or TV shows that
people enjoy in
the holiday
season?
AGENDA, 12 / 5 Introduction to Charles
DickensHis youth, family and early
career Splatter writing Dickens’s popularity Christmas Carol due 12/18
The classes I went to were very different from high school. The professor
goes up to the front of the room and talks most of the time. You have to
take notes or you will be lost and not paying
attention is not an option.
CHARLES DICKENS1812 - 1870
British novelist;
one of the most
popular
and prolific writers of all time!
HIS YOUTHone of 8 childrenhis family was jailed
for debt when he was 12
he lived alone
and worked in a factory
Ellen Ternan,an actress.Dickens fell in with her late in
life,contributing to
thebreakdown of his marriage.
PUBLISHING CAREER
COURT REPORTER (trials, sketches)
SKETCHES PUBLISHED
COLLECTIVELY IN 1836
PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-37)
like most of his books, pub’d in
MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS
Became a publishing BONANZA !!
The classes I went to were very different from high school. The professor
goes up to the front of the room and talks most of the time. You have to
take notes or you will be lost and not paying
attention is not an option.
HIS POPULARITY
monthly issues sold
30,000-40,000 copies
merchandising and sold-out public performances
AGENDA, 12 / 10 BR: 2 prized possessions Dickens’s popularity &
personality Hot beverages! Dickens’s death and works Monday: quiz on CD & Rom. Christmas Carol due 12/18 I-Search paper due Friday
PERSONALITYENERGETIC, OUTGOING, FRIENDLY, FUNNY, A GREAT HOST
LOVED TO TAKELONG WALKSAND TO TRAVEL
Reading to his daughters
HIS DEATH
FROM STRESS AND OVERWORK
DUE TO PUBLIC READINGS
Made worse by a railroad accident at age 53
DIED QUIETLY AT HOME,
Age 58
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
A Tale of Two Cities
1859
Great Expectations
and . . .
A Christmas Carol,
1843