Author : Charles Dickens
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)
Book Synopsis The Seven Poor Travellers (Annotated) by : Charles Dickens
Download or read book The Seven Poor Travellers (Annotated) written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Seven Poor Travelers by Charles Dickens.Starting with the Christmas bonus number for 1854, The Seven Poor Travelers, Dickens put the stories into a general framework by adding special openings and endings and providing brief links between the segments. Dickens himself usually wrote two of the segments (although he did write one, sometimes three). He always set the general theme, and usually wrote the entire framework. At first, the setting was sober and utilitarian (although the dramatic situation was often whimsical); The typical strategy was to gather a group of strangers and have them out of their time telling stories (the dramatic situation generally required such fun). In the latest Christmas issues, Dickens paid more attention to the setting and creating a realistic and sometimes suspenseful situation for the narrative.The Seven Poor Travelers takes place on Christmas Eve in Rochester at the charity hospice founded in 1579 by Richard Watts, a royal hospice that Dickens knew well from his childhood days. According to Watts's will, his hospice was to provide six poor travelers (provided they were not rogues or supervisors) with free accommodation and entertainment for one night and four pence. In the opening section of The Seven Poor Travelers, titled 'The First', the narrator, he brings travelers up to seven,