... celebration or self-approval. He sharply wondered when "another Exhibition - for the great display of England's sins and negligence's [would be presented to the] steady contemplation of all eyes". (Schlicke, p48). Such keen statements, within his literature and journalism has for many years shaped Dickens as a pioneer of the working-class movments, and almost voice box for their many grievances and sufferings. However ... it is debatable how far Dickens can actually be considered as this advocate of working class identity and point of view. At times his impassioned tone stops short of b...

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... propriety to biology were open to question. [ ] Not only were people living differently, they were thinking differently, talking and writing differently, acting differently. They were existing differently" (David 77) The literature of this period was a key factor in the "education" of society. The developments in printing technology and the mass-production processes mentioned earlier had caused a growth in popularity and increased readership ... critics have noted, Tess is a transgressive work not only by virtue of its somewhat controversial narrative. At the beginning of chapter 2, Har...

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