Invigilating 'Our Mutual Friend': gender and the legitimation of professional authority

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The novel 'Our Mutual Friend,' written by Charles Dickens in 1864-65, is different from the other Dickensian novels. The plot has certain instances which present a clear demarcation between the role of a woman at home and in the intellectual arena, particularly in the public educational institutions. The relationship between society and the educated professional worker is significant from the point of view of the changing economic system during the Victorian era.

Women, Sexual division of labor, Our Mutual Friend (Book)

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Curiosity as didacticism in "The Old Curiosity Shop"

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The manner in which 19th-century British writer Charles Dickens approached didacticism in his writing is examined, focusing on how he constructed the novel "The Old Curiosity Shop" to present a vision of his morality and to criticize the visions presented in conventional religious didactic fiction of his time.

United Kingdom, The Old Curiosity Shop (Book), Didactic literature, Didacticism

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Mental capital, industrial time, and the professional in 'David Copperfield'

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Issues discussed concern the portrayal of industrial capitalism and the sociology of time in Charles Dickens' novel 'David Copperfield.' Topics addressed include the organization of labor during England's industrial revolution, intelligence and mental capital, and the relationship between humans and machines.

England, Analysis, Time, Authors, English, English writers, Capitalism, House of Hanover, 1714-1901, Marxist criticism, David Copperfield (Novel), Time in literature

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