-matters of morality and values. The unhealthy London fog in Bleak House, for example, symbolizes the illness of society, especially its lack of responsibility toward the downtrodden and the unfortunate.
Dombey and Son 1846-1846 deals primarily with a selfish egotist whose pride cuts him off from the warmth of human love. The book stresses the evils of the Victorian admiration for money. Dickens believed that money had become the measure of all personal relations and the goal of all ambition.David Copperfield 1849-1850 Dickens temporarily lessened the role of social criticism to concentrate money on semi autobiography. The novel describes a young man s discovery of the realities of adult life. David s youth is clearly patterned after Dickens s youth.House 1852-1853 is in many respects Dickens greatest novel. It has a complex structure and many levels of meaning, mixing melodrama with satire and social commentary. The book deals with many social evils, chiefly wasteful and cruel legal processes. It also attacks the neglect of the poor, false humanitarians and clergyman, and poor sanitation.long novel was followed by the much shorter and simpler Hard Times 1854. Hard Times attacks philosopher jeremy Benthatm s doctrine of tulitarianism. Benthatm believed that all human ideas, actions, and institutions should be judged by their usefulness. Dickens was convinced that Bentham reduced social relations to problems of cold, mechanical self-interest.Little Dorrit 1855-1857, Dickens continued his campaign against materialism and snobbery, which were represented by the rich Merdle family and their social-climbing friends. He also ridiculed government inefficiency in the form of the Circumlocution Office. The prison like the fog in Bleak House, is symbolic. It stands for the painful conditions of life in a materialistic decaying society.tale of two Cities 1859 was the second of Dickens two historical novels. It is set in London and Paris and tells of the heroism of fictional Sidney Carton during the French Revolution.Great Expectations 1860-1861, Dickens returned to theme of a youth s discovery of the realities of life. An unknown person provides the young hero Pip with money so that Pip can live as gentleman. Pip s pride is shattered when he learns the source of his great expectations . Only by painfully revising his values ​​does Pip establish his life on a foundation of sympathy, rather than on vanity, possessions, and social position.Mutual Friend 1864-1865 was Dickens final novel of social criticism. Dickens again attacked the false sides of the newly rich. He satirized greed, using the great garba...
