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In "The Great Tradition", published in 1948, F.R. Leavis seemed to rate the work of Charles Dickens - with the exception of "Hard Times" - as lacking the seriousness and formal control of the true masters of English fiction. By 1970, when "Dickens the Novelist" was published on the first... read more
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- Dickens: Add a description of this character.
- David Copperfie/d
- Paul
- Arthur Clennam
- Dora
- Mr Dombey
- Joe
- Esther
- Cruikshank
- Little Dorrit
- Blake
- George Eliot
- Marsha
- Tolstoy
- Mrs Pipchin
- Mr Gradgrind
- Herbert
- Bitzer
- David Copperfield
- Mr Meagles
- Henry Gowan
- Richard
- Biddy
- Wemmick
- Micawber
- Jane Eyre
- Forster
- Ferdinand
- Henry James
- Oliver
- Lady Dedlock
- Louisa
- Andrew
- Jane Austen
- Mr Tulkinghorn
- Mrs Merdle
- Keene
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Steerforth
- Estella
- Leicester
- Skimpo
- Florence
- Victorian England
- Flora
- B/eak House
- Hogarth
- Satis House
- Magwitch
- Coketown
- Miss Trotwood
- Russia
- Tattycoram
- Rome
- Dover
- Pickwick
- Our Mutua
- Vholes
- Chesney Wold
- Doyce
- Smithfield
- Newgate
- Captain Cuttle
- Traddles
- Italy
Authors & Contributors edit
- F. R. Leavis (Author)
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