Question

which of the following does not correctly describe charles dickens?

author of a christmas carol, oliver twist, bleak house, and little dorrit
wrote about the fictional industrial city of coketown in his 1854 novel, hard times
a mid-nineteenth-century author whose writings about urban squalor helped spur reform
writer of a series of stories about the lives of the british aristocracy

Explanation:

Analyze Dickens's bibliography and settings

• Author of A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Bleak House, and Little Dorrit.
• Wrote about the fictional industrial city of Coketown in Hard Times (1854).

Analyze Dickens's social themes

• Mid-nineteenth-century author focusing on urban squalor, poverty, and social reform.
• Did not focus on the lives of the British aristocracy; focused primarily on the lower and middle classes.

Identify the incorrect description

• The fourth option incorrectly describes Charles Dickens as a writer of stories about the British aristocracy.

Answer:

• (A) author of A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Bleak House, and Little Dorrit
• (B) wrote about the fictional industrial city of Coketown in his 1854 novel, Hard Times
• (C) a mid-nineteenth-century author whose writings about urban squalor helped spur reform
• (D) writer of a series of stories about the lives of the British aristocracy (Correct answer)