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Wilkins Micawber is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1850 novel David Copperfield. He is traditionally identified with the optimistic belief that "something will turn up."
Critics in the 19th and 20th centuries hailed it as one of Dickens's greatest successes although often for conflicting reasons: G. K. Chesterton admired the novel's optimism; Edmund Wilson its pessimism; Humphry House in 1941 emphasized its social context.
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Wilkins Micawber, fictional character, a kindhearted, incurable optimist in Charles Dickens’s semiautobiographical novel David Copperfield (1849–50). In a 1935 film adaptation directed by George Cukor, American actor W.C. Fields gave a memorable performance as Micawber.
Chesterton accused Dickens of presenting emigration in an excessively optimistic light, arguing that Dickens believed that by sending a boatload of people overseas their 'souls' can be changed, while ignoring the fact that poor people like Peggotty have seen their home stained or, like Emily, their honour tarnished.
9 paź 2023 · Through Oliver Twist, with its gritty portrayal of the hardships faced by the poor, Dickens aimed to spark empathy and compassion in his readers. Despite his difficult upbringing, Dickens nurtured a passion for storytelling from a young age.
Great Expectations: plot summary. Philip Pirrip, known as ‘Pip’, is an orphan who has been raised by his elder sister and her husband, Joe Gargery. Joe is a blacksmith, and a kind friend to the young Pip.
