THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD AND OTHER STORIES

Libro

Editorial	WORDSWORTH
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Nivel	.
Autor	DICKENS CHARLES
ISBN	9781853267291
Peso ( kg )	0,312
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	.
Formato	TAPA RUSTICA
Sinopsis	When we consider Dickens's life and work, in comparison with that of the two great poets we have been studying, the contrast is startling. While Tennyson and Browning were being educated for the life of literature, and shielded most tenderly from the hardships of the world, Dickens, a poor, obscure, and suffering child, was helping to support a shiftless family by pasting labels on blacking bottles, sleeping under a counter like a homeless cat, and once a week timidly approaching the big prison where his father was confined for debt. In 1836 his Pickwick was published, and life was changed as if a magician had waved his wand over him. While the two great poets were slowly struggling for recognition, Dickens, with plenty of money and too much fame, was the acknowledged literary hero of England, the idol of immense audiences which gathered to applaud him wherever he appeared. And there is also this striking contrast between the novelist and the poets,--that while the whole tendency of the age was toward realism, away from the extremes of the romanticists and from the oddities and absurdities of the early novel writers, it was precisely by emphasizing oddities and absurdities, by making caricatures rather than characters, that Dickens first achieved his popularity. DICKENS CHARLES 7 de febrero de 1812, Portsmouth - 9 de junio de 1870, Gads Hill Place. Dickens está considerado como el mejor novelista inglés de la época victoriana y uno de los más importantes de la historia de la literatura. Fue el escritor más popular de su tiempo y consiguió atraer a lectores de diferentes clases sociales. En 1824, su padre ingresó en prisión debido a unas deudas, por lo que Charles tuvo que abandonar los estudios y empezar a trabajar en una fábrica con solo doce años. Sin duda, este episodio se ve reflejado en sus obras, que retratan la sociedad de su época y muestran compasión y un preciso conocimiento de las pasiones humanas. Un buen ejemplo de ello es su obra maestra, Grandes esperanzas. A medida que su protagonista, el huérfano Pip, busca su propia identidad, descubre que sus grandes expectativas de riqueza y posición social no son nada comparadas con la lealtad y la misericordia. Otras grandes obras suyas son Los papeles póstumos del Club Pickwick, Oliver Twist, Tiempos difíciles o Historia de dos ciudades.
Cantidad de páginas	496
Fecha Ingreso	09-12-2024