British and American English Historical influences Dickens' Humor
Setting and Historical Background
(Still under contruction)
First thing to note in most of Dickens Novles, characters ride coaches despite the fact that Dickens lived and wrote during the early stages of the railroads. Thus, we need to appreciate the subtlties of the English industrial history, which contrasts slightly with America's history.
Content for the above was copied and gleaned from a great teaching resourse: Novels for Students, Volumes 1-12. Comp. and Ed. Elizabeth Thomason. Michigan: Gale Group, 1999.