Showing posts with label Charles Dickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Dickens. Show all posts

Friday, May 3, 2024

Literature. Part hundred ten.

                                            David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

This novel was written in XIX century.

David Copperfield is the main character of this book. He told about his life.

David met with different characters.

There are many adaptations about this story.

Saturday, February 3, 2024

Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety two.

                                                              Charles Dickens.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/victorian-english-writer-charles-dickens-vector-1664725822


“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/239579.Charles_Dickens

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Literature. Part sixty five.

                               Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress by Charles Dickens.

This novel was written and published in the XIX century.

The main character is the boy named Oliver Twist. He is an orphan. Oliver lived in poverty. Also, he had problems with other children.

Later Oliver Twist ran into the street. He left orphanage. In London Oliver met criminals. They wanted to teach him about crimes.

But Oliver Twist found friends and salvation. Good and evil people were in his way. Twist handled all the difficulties.

The story tells about children and their problems in that period. Hard life and attitude of society described in this famous novel.

Artists created many illustrations to this book. The novel was translated to different languages.

There are movies and cartoons about this story.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/ru/image-photo/united-kingdom-circa-1970-vintage-british-213901681


UNITED KINGDOM, CIRCA 1970: A vintage British postage stamp commemorating the works of famous English novelist Charles Dickens, circa 1970.