Questions tagged [charles-dickens]
Questions about the works of the English author Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) or his life as a writer.
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Who is saying "what was a man to do?" from the following passage in "Little Dorrit"?
Then you see, some people as was better off said, and a good many such people lived pretty close up to the mark themselves if not beyond it so he’d heerd, that they was ‘improvident’ (that was the ...
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What does, "The period of exaggerated reaction consequent on all public wrongdoing..." mean?
It says in Great Expectations,
The period of exaggerated reaction consequent on all public wrongdoing—and which is always its heaviest and longest punishment—was still far off.
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What does "...they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets..." mean?
It says in Great Expectations,
To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little ...
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Why did Mr Jaggers have death masks of two of his former clients, Great Expectations Chapter 24?
This question is regarding Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Chapter 24 (also known as Volume II Chapter V).
Mr Jaggers has two casts in his office, revealed by Wemmick to be death masks of his ...
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Why does Wemmick bring a fishing-rod on his "walk" with Pip?
In chapter 55 of Great Expectations, Wemmick invites Pip to go on a morning walk with him. As they are leaving Wemmick's house, Pip narrates that:
I was considerably surprised to see Wemmick take up ...
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