... motif in Dickens' fiction; but he was more occupied with its effects than its causes. Suffering is prevalent in characters who are both defenseless and blameless. The child protagonists of Oliver Twist and The Old Curiosity Shop, and Barnaby Rudge is created to create sympathies as opposed to increase the critical intelligence. Not until the mid-1840s did Dickens begin to view ... the working-class proletariat in order to express and illuminate the poor working conditions the people are actually working under. Such as in the books Great Expectations with Pip, and Oliver Twist with Olive...

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... reporter at a newspaper. While he published several sketches in magazines, it was not until he wrote The Pickwick Papers from 1836-1837 that he experienced true success. He then wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, two novels that reflected the society of England at the time, particularly the lower class. In 1843, Dickens published one of his most famous works, A Christmas Carol ... ...

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