Charles Dickens literary style of the 18 century is well connected to the Gothic romance, although it had been targeted for parody (Connor 41). The author would vividly draw out his novel’s characters throughout the city of London in all its elements as illustrated over the course of his literary works such as the Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Hard Times. The author’s literary style is poetic and florid, with a great comic touch. For instance, he satirizes the British aristocratic snobbishness when he referrers to his characters as the ‘noble refrigerator’. Dickens’s flights of fancy are also illustrated when he compares the orphan characters to shares and stocks or banquet bash guests to furniture (Carlisle 96). The author’s literary style can also be depicted as a mixture of realism and fantasy. This paper will illustrate what and how the author’s characters such as Pip, David, Oliver, Estella, Louisa, and Tom learn in the literary works (novels).

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