Date of Award

5-1932

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

James M. Purcell

Second Advisor

William J. Grace

Abstract

In this thesis on Women Characters in Dickens' Early Novels, I have endeavored to deal with the importance of the women as characters. This necessitates a consideration of their sources in real life, their number and description, influence upon the novel’s outcome, social class, characteristics, and relationship with the men characters. The source of Dickens’ characters is a chapter in itself. The other points mentioned above are dealt with in chapters entitled: Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, and David Copperfield. These are the most important of Dickens’ early novels. They are treated consecutively, and the women are considered in the order in which they appear in each novel.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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