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Tiny Tim - ✔✔The young son of Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's employee. The boy is
very ill, but Scrooge starts to care for him and becomes like a "second father" to
the boy.
David Copperfield - ✔✔One of Dickens's most famous characters whose life is
very similar to the author's own experiences
Fog - ✔✔The weather that Dickens describes in detail in his book Bleak House
Law Courts - ✔✔The subject of Dickens's novel Bleak House. Dickens described
how people could get lost in these systems and spend too much money on
lawyers.
Hard Times - ✔✔Dickens's novel about the lives of working people in the world
of factories and mills
Ellen Ternan - ✔✔Dickens's last great love. He began an affair with her while
he was married.
A Tale of Two Cities - ✔✔Dickens's novel about the French Revolution of 1789
and the love story of Sydney Carton, Lucie, and Darnay. It is set in London and in
Paris. Dickens considered it his best novel ever.
, Abel Magwitch - ✔✔The prisoner who scared Pip outside a church and asked
Pip to free him. He is later caught and sent to Australia. He becomes wealthy and
sends a great amount of money to Pip.
Great Expectations - ✔✔The story of Philip Pirrip who lives with his sister and
her husband and spends time with Miss Havisham. He loves Estella and eventually
spends his life with her.
Our Mutual Friend - ✔✔The last novel Dickens finished. It was about London,
which Dickens described as a "hopeless city" with a "great black river."
Bill Sikes and Nancy - ✔✔Characters from Oliver Twist. The man kills the
woman because she wants to help Oliver. Dickens acted out this scene in his final
reading tour.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood - ✔✔The final novel that Dickens wrote, but never
finished
1865 - ✔✔The year that Dickens, Ellen, and her mother were on a train from
the coast to London. The train crashed and Dickens tried to save people.
Rochester - ✔✔The city in which Dickens wanted to be buried. However, the
people of England chose to bury him in London.
"I want to forgive her and forget her." - ✔✔What Dickens said about his wife
Catherine
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