ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Among Charles Dickens’s many works are the novels The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1838), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), and Great Expectations (1861).

Detailed explanation-2: -He is now considered a literary genius because he created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Question and answers have been prepared according to the UPSC exam syllabus. Information about Which of the following novels was not written by Charles Dickens? a)Hard Timesb)Germinalc)Oliver Twistd)Pickwick PapersCorrect answer is option ‘B’.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a novelist, Dickens is a social Chronicler. He is found to have introduced social novels in a much broader sense. In his such novels as David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Hard Times, he gave the contemporary social picture and attacked the various vices of the victorian age.