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| - Martin Chuzzlewit: Beginning of a series of 5 (Martin Chuzzlewit, Bleak House, Dombey & Son, Little Dorrit, and Our Mutual Friend) centering on social criticism; villains grow out of society
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| - Dombey & Son: Rather strong novel
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| - David Copperfield: Not as complicated as Bleak House or Our Mutual Friend; semi-autobiographical; 1st-person narrative
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| - Hard Times: Atypical Dickens novel - nonintricate plot, few characters, no comic characters, shorter than normal Dickens novel; attack on Utilitarianism and Industrialization
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| - Little Dorrit: One of Dickens's best novels; one drawback is main character (Amy Dorrit) - flawless
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| - The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Unfinished - Dickens died one-third of the way through; typical murder mystery novel - uncharacteristic Dickens novel
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| Bleak House
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| - March 1852 - September 1853
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| - Jarndyce case - based on actual case
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| - Two different narrations: 3rd-person and 1st-person
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| - Omniscient narrator tends to set the mood - very descriptive
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| - Esther's narration keeps plot moving - introduces characters
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