Discuss the Relationships between children and parent-figure

Title: Discuss the Relationships between children and parent-figure
Category: Literature / English | Words: 3835 | Pages: 16.3 (approximately 235 words/page)

Discuss the Relationships between children and parent-figure

The nineteen forties saw the rise of what Carlyle christened the ‘condition of England novel’ , a phrase that referred to the increasing number of books written seemingly with the intent to not only entertain the reader but to educate and provoke thought about the world around them. Both Brontë and Dickens were purveyors of literature that may be categorised to some extent among these so-called ‘condition of England’ narratives and at times, both authors apparently …showed first 75 words of 3835 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 3835 total…arms to help Oliver and Jane to build a happier, more secure future. However, Dickens and Brontë seem unable or at least unwilling to find an alternative, satisfactory solution to the problems that face their primary characters and although the thoughts and issues that these novels provoke are pertinent, such improbable solutions only appear to cast an even longer shadow over the many children of Victorian society, for whom the fairytale simply did not exist.

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