Dickens Study Guide

Literature 210 clues | 26 recurring answers
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David Copperfield 20 Great Expectations 17 Oliver Twist 16 The Old Curiosity Shop 15 A Tale of Two Cities 12 A Christmas Carol 11 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 9

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British Literature

16 answers | 107 clues
Must-Know (5)
David Copperfield 20x 35.0% stumper $1,090 avg J:6 DJ:14
DJ $200 1989 This novel about Mr. Murdstone's stepson was released in monthly installments in 1849 & 1850
J $600 2003 This novel's Mr. Micawber was modeled on Dickens' father
J $1,000 2015 Uriah Heep
Great Expectations 17x $1,076 avg J:5 DJ:12
J $200 2014 It's considered Dickens' best book; it even has "Great" in the title
J $600 2004 Estella &Miss Havisham
DJ $1,600 2012 The Christian name of the main guy in this novel is Philip & his family name is Pirrip
Oliver Twist 16x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:7 DJ:9
J $200 1999 The trade this title character soon learns is pickpocketing
J $600 2011 Bill was mean to his dog, Bull's Eye, then he killed Nancy... & so, I ran, but he kept gaining on me...
DJ $1,200 2018 Mr. Bumble
A Tale of Two Cities 12x $909 avg J:3 DJ:8 FJ:1
J $400 2011 "Some Story Regarding Multiple Metropolises"
DJ $600 1988 The Defarges run a wine shop in this novel
DJ $1,000 DD 1997 In this book Charles Darnay is acquitted when his lawyer points out his resemblance to Sydney Carton
A Christmas Carol 11x 9.1% stumper $464 avg J:5 DJ:6
J $100 1999 Near the end of this novel, the protagonist sends a turkey to the Cratchits
J $800 2024 As a verb it can mean to sing joyously, perhaps at holiday time
DJ $1,200 DD 2006 This Dickens work was first published on December 17, 1843
Should-Know (3)
Nicholas Nickleby 6x 33.3% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:5
J $400 2014 Last name of Ralph, who hates his nephew Nicholas & maybe is bitter that the book isn't named for him
DJ $600 1989 "'S wonderful" & "'S Marvelous" might be Smike's description of this novel he's in
DJ $1,000 1991 1838-39 work that exposed the ragged schools in the north of England & helped get them abolished
Hard Times 4x 75.0% stumper $1,050 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $400 1990 The title of this Dickens work refers to tough living & working conditions in Coketown
DJ $800 1989 1854 novel about tough goings in the industrial city of Coketown
J $1,000 2011 "Tough Days"
the Pickwick Club 4x 50.0% stumper $888 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 2003 Dickens came to fame at age 24 with his first novel, about this club's "papers"
DJ $750 DD 2001 Editors suggested a club of hunters for a series, but Dickens changed the setting to this club of eccentrics
DJ $1,000 1988 Tracy Tupman, Nathaniel Winkle, & Augustus Snodgrass belonged to this club
Worth Knowing (8)
Ebenezer Scrooge 3 Wilkie Collins 2 fog 2 Dombey and Son 2 Christmas 2 a cricket 2 "David Copperfield" 2 "A Tale of Two Cities" 2

Other

7 answers | 34 clues
Must-Know (1)
The Old Curiosity Shop 15x 28.6% stumper $1,157 avg J:4 DJ:10 FJ:1
J $200 2016 Proverbially, it did in the feline
J $800 2019 An evil dwarf, Quilp pursues little Nell & her grandfather but drowns in the Thames in this "Old" work
J $1,000 2004 Quilp, Kit Nubbles &Little Nell
Should-Know (2)
Jacob Marley 7x $571 avg J:1 DJ:6
J $200 2019 Scrooge starts seeing ghosts following the death of this character
DJ $600 1986 His ghost explained, "I wear the chain I forged in life"
DJ $1,600 DD 2008 This ghost wears a long chain made of "cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel"
Bleak House 4x 25.0% stumper $1,325 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 2011 The prospect of an endless lawsuit winding through generations leaves a "bleak" vision
J $600 2015 Esther Summerson
DJ $1,000 1988 John Jarndyce is the owner of this title country estate
Worth Knowing (4)
Uriah Heep 2 mutual 2 Sydney Carton 2 Martin Chuzzlewit 2

Mystery / Thriller

2 answers | 11 clues
Must-Know (1)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 9x 44.4% stumper $1,367 avg J:4 DJ:5
J $500 1999 It's no mystery why this work was Dickens' last; he didn't live to finish it
J $1,000 2011 It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!
J $800 2016 An enigma
Worth Knowing (1)
Edwin Drood 2

Children's Literature

1 answers | 4 clues
Should-Know (1)
Boz 4x 25.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $1,000 2003 In 1836 Dickens published his stories & essays from magazines & newspapers in the book "Sketches by" him
DJ $1,000 2001 In 1833 Dickens began using this 3-letter pseudonym which had been used as a nickname for his youngest brother
DJ $1,000 1992 Dickens' first book, a collection of "Sketches", was written under this pseudonym
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