CHARLES DICKENS PROYECT

 BIOGRAPHY:

He was a british writer who was born in 1812 and he died in 1870. Charles Dickens was the second of eight children in a poor family. When he was 12 years old his father was in a prison. Because of this, Charles was forced to work in a warehouse to help support the family. This experience left profound efffects on him.

 At 15, his normal education ended and he found employment as an office boy, while he studied shorthand at night. In 1833 Dickens began to contribute short stories and essays to periodicals. 

A Dinner at Popular Walk was his first published story. Dickens's first book, a collection of stories titled Sketches by Boz(it was his pseudonym),was published in 1836.

He married Catherine Hogarth, the daughter of an important editor. Together they had 10 children before they separated in 1858.

Although Dickens's main profession was as a novelist, he continued his journalistic work until the end of his life. The Posthumans Papers of the Pickwick Club became one of the most popular works of the time. After it, Charles embarked on a full-time career as a novelist publishing other novels like Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, The Chimes...

In the closing years of his life Dickens worsened his health. He retreated to Gad's Hill and began to work in a proyect, which was never completed.

Charles Dickens died at home, in 1870, after suffering a stroke.

SOCIETY:

The society of England was getting industrialized and machinery occupied the top priority in national life. Industralization gave rise to conflict between the capital and the labor. These aspects are described in Hard Times, a Dickens novel. It shows a period of economic depression with food shortage, low wage and unemployment. The lives of the people were restricted.

STYLE:

His priority was to relay a message, but as writer he was also interested in create beautiful prose. His writing style was detailed. He used exaggeration in description and metaphor, simile and frequently repeated words. This made it easier for people to read and understand his work and also made it mor memorable. Charles Dickens experimented with different genres, but most of them were all critical of the industrial revolution. He lived a golden time of peace but was quite aware of poverty within the country. Much of his work is a heavily descriptive view into what life was like in 19th century in England.

OTHER NOVELS WRITTEN BY DICKENS:

A Christmas Carol (1843)

Oliver Twist (1838)

Grandes esperanzas (1860)

David Copperfield (1850)

Hard Times (1854)

Nicholas Nickleby (1839)

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GLOSSARY CHAPTERS 11-12 "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

 Butcher's shop: a shop where people sell meat.

Cab: a part of a vehicle, carried by horses.

Knock: to repeatedly hit something, producing a noise.

GLOSSARY CHAPTERS 9-10 ''A CHRISTMAS CAROL''

Towards: in the direction of something or someone.

Dirty sheet: an unclean piece of cotton, used on a bed to cover it.

Grave: a place in the ground where a dead person is.

Dearest: most loved or cherished.

GLOSSARY CHAPTERS 7-8"A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

 Crutches: objects that are used to help people walk.

Weak: something not strong.

Mean: someone who doesn't share money.

Debts: money that you have to give to someone because they have lent money to you, or in exchange for something they have done for you.

GLOSSARY UNIT 2

 Leather: a material usedto make shoes, bags, clothes...

Wool: a material (soft and thick) that grows on the bodies of sheeps and some other animals.

Tool: a piece of equipment that you use to make or repair something.

Envelope: a paper container for a letter.

Tin: a metal container in which food is sold.

Cheerful: happy and positive.

Empty: not containing anything or people.

Luggage: the things that contain your possessions and that you take with you when you are travelling.

Wreck: something destroyed.

GLOSSARY CHAPTERS 5-6 "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

 Nightcap- it is a piece of cloth used to put on the head for sleep.

Torch- it is an object in which there is fire. It is used for lighting.

GLOSSARY CHAPTERS 3-4 "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

 Robe- it is a piece of cloth. It is long, like a dress.

Warehouse- it is a big and a extensive place where there are machines, materials...

Guests-are the people who are invited to an event.

GLOSSARY CHAPTERS 1-2 "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

 Frightened- feeling fear or worry

Clerk- a person who works in an office.

Waste- an unnecessary or wrong use of money.

Kind- a person generous, helpful, and thinking about other people's feelings.

Striking (the hour)- the action of the clock when it is one hour o'clock.

Partner- is the person you work or do business with.

Chain-it is an object used to tie things. The ghosts use to wear it.

GLOSSARY STARTER UNIT AND UNIT 1

Cardigan-a piece of clothing that cover the upper part of the body and the arms, fastening at the front with buttons, and usually worn over other clothes.

Hoodie-a sweatshit that has a hood to cover the head.

Sweatshit-a piece of informal clothing with long sleeves worn on the upper part of the body.

Drop-to fall or to allow something to fall.

Whisper- to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice.

Feather-one of the many soft, light things that cover a bird's body.

Pavement-a path with a hard surface, on one or boths sides of a road, that people walk on.

Lonely-unhappy because you are not with other people.

Asleep-sleeping or not awake.

Mood-the way you feel at a particular time.

Take the temperature

Insulation-the state of being insulated.

Take off the mask

Endanger-to put someone or something at risk or in danger of being infected.

Symptom- any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease.

White coat-a piece of white clothing that is worn over other clothes to protect them

Bother-to make someone feel worried or upset.

Disturb-to interrupt what someone is doing.

Annoy-to make someone angry.

Trouble-problems or difficulties.

For-(a period of time)

During-(what happened in that period of time)

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