![]() Of course, Dickens worked from real life he was the ‘eye’, the ‘camera’, turning his lens upon nineteenth century England and peopling it with heroes, heroines and strange, mysterious, even monstrous figures, which might have been larger than life, but which never strayed into the unbelievable. The mythology of Dickens is due in no small part to his genius in presenting his readers with scenes and people so authentic and memorable that they embed themselves in the consciousness. ![]() Indeed, ‘Charles Dickens’ is as much a part of literary mythology and fable as his imaginary inventions. Dickens could so easily have been a character in his own works it is easy to imagine him sharing tales with Mr Pickwick, casting a protective eye over young Oliver Twist, or sitting in the court room in the interminable case of ‘Jarndyce vs Jarndyce’ in Bleak House. If the fictional characters created by Charles Dickens are so vividly drawn that they seem almost real, then it is also true that their originator often appears to stand on the shadowy borderline between reality and fiction. ![]()
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