ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was not a character in Charles Dickens’ novels?
A
Oliver
B
David Copperfield
C
Fagin
D
Becky Sharp
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rebecca “Becky” Sharp, later describing herself as Rebecca, Lady Crawley, is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1847–48 novel Vanity Fair. She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate and seduce upper-class men.

Detailed explanation-2: -Becky Sharp, fictional character, an amoral adventuress in William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Regency period (roughly the second decade of the 19th century) in England. She has been considered one of the most vivid characters in English literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -The book’s ending is pretty straightforward. After the death of her husband, Rawdon Crawley, and her subsequent estrangement from her son, Becky ends up in the town of Pumpernickel, Germany (also known as Weimar), working in a casino.

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