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Answer the questions
- He was a novelist and a great showman. What did he do to be a great showman?
- What was he interested in?
- What elements could he put together so as to write down interesting fun novels?
- What kind of problems did he have in his family when he was still a child?
- Did he ever forget his experience working as a child in a blacking factory?
- Which is the novel where he describes a blacking factory?
- What kind of "buildings" does he describe in Oliver Twist?
- In his time did "comfortable" people feel the necessity to change things?
- What method did he use to arouse in his readers a big interest in the lower social classes' living conditions?
- What was his strategy to get people to think about difficult things?
- What were the"wrong things" in his age?
- What did he want to happen by highlighting some of the problems in his age?
- Was he also sensitive in his family life?
- According to the video, did he take care of his family?
New words and expressions
Racy plots= Trame vivaci
Weepy moments=momenti commoventi
Shallow=superficiale
Sympathy = feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
Numbing Speed=la velocità paralizzante
He was plodding=arrancava, camminava a fatica
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