AGENDA, 12 / 4 Vocab. quiz 9 GUSTAVE DORE “Ancient Mariner,” pt. 1 SHORT BREAK “Mariner” 2 Discuss, incl. SYMBOLISM

AGENDA, 12 / 4 Vocab. quiz 9 I-Search tips Paper due 12/13 More work time

FRIDAY Latin 9 make-ups

BELL-RINGERWhat are some

popular Christmas

stories, movies,

or TV shows that

people enjoy in

the holiday

season?

AGENDA, 12 / 5 Introduction to Charles

DickensHis youth, family and early

career Splatter writing Dickens’s popularity Christmas Carol due 12/18

The classes I went to were very different from high school. The professor

goes up to the front of the room and talks most of the time. You have to

take notes or you will be lost and not paying

attention is not an option.   

CHARLES DICKENS1812 - 1870

British novelist;

one of the most

popular

and prolific writers of all time!

HIS YOUTHone of 8 childrenhis family was jailed

for debt when he was 12

he lived alone

and worked in a factory

HIS FAMILY Dickens’s wife, Kate

married in 1838

had 10 children

separated from his wife in 1858

Ellen Ternan,an actress.Dickens fell in with her late in

life,contributing to

thebreakdown of his marriage.

PUBLISHING CAREER

COURT REPORTER (trials, sketches)

SKETCHES PUBLISHED

COLLECTIVELY IN 1836

PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-37)

like most of his books, pub’d in

MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS

Became a publishing BONANZA !!

The classes I went to were very different from high school. The professor

goes up to the front of the room and talks most of the time. You have to

take notes or you will be lost and not paying

attention is not an option.   

HIS POPULARITY

monthly issues sold

30,000-40,000 copies

merchandising and sold-out public performances

Charles Dickens

was in some ways

the first real

C E L E B R I T Y

BELL-RINGER:

Find your handouton CHARLES DICKENS

AGENDA, 12 / 10 BR: 2 prized possessions Dickens’s popularity &

personality Hot beverages! Dickens’s death and works Monday: quiz on CD & Rom. Christmas Carol due 12/18 I-Search paper due Friday

PERSONALITYENERGETIC, OUTGOING, FRIENDLY, FUNNY, A GREAT HOST

LOVED TO TAKELONG WALKSAND TO TRAVEL

Reading to his daughters

BESIDES WRITING NOVELS

PUBLIC

READINGS

AND

THEATRICAL

PLAYS

BESIDES WRITING NOVELS

Gave proceeds to charity

HIS DEATH

FROM STRESS AND OVERWORK

DUE TO PUBLIC READINGS

Made worse by a railroad accident at age 53

DIED QUIETLY AT HOME,

Age 58

Oliver Twist

David Copperfield

A Tale of Two Cities

1859

Great Expectations

and . . .

A Christmas Carol,

1843