📖 Charles Dickens: Life & Literature

1. In which country was Charles Dickens born?

2. What was Charles Dickens’ most famous novel, often considered his masterpiece?

3. Which novel tells the story of an orphan who escapes from a workhouse and joins a gang of pickpockets?

4. What was the name of the infamous workhouse that inspired many of Dickens’ stories?

5. Dickens worked as a child in a factory after his father was imprisoned for debt. What did he do in this job?

6. What famous Christmas story did Charles Dickens write in 1843?

7. In ‘A Christmas Carol’, what is the name of the miserly main character?

8. What social issue did Dickens frequently highlight in his novels?

9. In which century did Charles Dickens live and write?

10. Which novel features the character Pip, an orphan who dreams of becoming a gentleman?

11. Before becoming a full-time writer, what career did Dickens pursue?

12. Which novel begins with the famous line: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”?

13. What was the name of Dickens’ wife, with whom he had 10 children?

14. Dickens often published his novels in serial form. What does this mean?

15. Where is Charles Dickens buried?