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  2. List of Dickensian characters - Wikipedia

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    Pickwick is one of Dickens' most beloved characters and his story propelled Dickens to literary stardom. Pinch, Tom is Seth Pecksniff's assistant in Martin Chuzzlewit. Pip (Philip Pirrip) is the protagonist of Great Expectations. Raised in humble circumstances by his abusive sister and her kind-hearted husband Joe, Pip is exposed to the high ...

  3. Racism in the work of Charles Dickens - Wikipedia

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    One of the most controversial characters created by Dickens is the British Jew Fagin in the novel Oliver Twist, first published in serial form between 1837 and 1839.The character of Fagin has been seen by many as being stereotypical and containing antisemitic tropes, though others, such as Dickens's biographer G. K. Chesterton have argued against this view.

  4. Category:Charles Dickens characters - Wikipedia

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    Charles Dickens character redirects to lists (83 P) C. A Christmas Carol characters (8 P) D. David Copperfield characters (10 P) G. Great Expectations characters (7 P) O.

  5. Portrait of Charles Dickens - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Charles Dickens is an 1839 portrait painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise depicting the English novelist Charles Dickens. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Dickens debut novel The Pickwick Papers had been a popular success, which he had followed up with Nicholas Nickelby .

  6. The Pickwick Papers - Wikipedia

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    The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel by English author Charles Dickens.His previous work was Sketches by Boz, published in 1836, and his publisher Chapman & Hall asked Dickens to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour, [1] and to connect them into a novel.

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    Athletic apparel company, Lululemon, is facing backlash after founder and former CEO, Chip Wilson's recent comments that "certain customers" should be discouraged from shopping at its stores.

  8. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    The book was banned for its criticism of the actions of the national liberation front and for acknowledging the 1968 massacre of 6000 civilians in Huế Paradise of the Blind: Dương Thu Hương: 1988 Novel, Literary fiction Banned in Vietnam for criticism on the political party in control. [304] No Man's Land: Dương Thu Hương: 2005

  9. Here's what we do know for sure: until they were collected by early catalogers Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, and The Brothers Grimm, fairy tales were shared orally. And, a look at the sources cited in these first collections reveals that the tellers of these tales — at least during the Grimms' heydey — were women.