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miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2012

DICKENS 2012

This year we are celebrating the bicentenary of one of the UK's most popular novelists of all times: Charles Dickens, who was born on 7th February 1812. He wrote some of the greatest novels in English literature: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol...
Here you have a short biography
...or you can have a look at this video...it's fun!


In order to find out more about this great author, 3rd and 4th of ESO students are working on a project about his life and works.
I hope the following links will be helpful for your research. Remember you are expected to select the relevant information and summarize it yourselves with your own words, so don't just copy and paste!
Enjoy!


Charles Dickens - Biography
The Literature Network
Oxford University Press - Resources
Life and Works
Quotes by Dickens
Dickens in Wikipedia
Victorian Period
Victorian literature