Dickens (Noun)
Meaning 1
A word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The dickens with this old car, it won't start again!
- I'll be dipped in the dickens, I forgot my keys at home.
- The dickens you say, they're getting divorced after all these years?
- What in the dickens is going on here, I don't understand the instructions.
- The dickens take it, I've had enough of this paperwork!
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Meaning 2
English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Charles Dickens was a prominent English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice in Victorian England.
- The works of Dickens continue to be widely read and studied today for their vivid portrayals of life in 19th-century London.
- Dickens' novels, such as "Oliver Twist" and "David Copperfield", are considered classics of English literature.
- The social commentary in Dickens' writing often highlighted the struggles of the poor and the vulnerability of children.
- Dickens' writing style, which blended realism with melodrama, influenced a generation of English writers and continues to shape the English novel.