Dickensians
Oliver Twist admirers
Dickensians are devotees of Charles Dickens—scholars, enthusiasts, or members of societies dedicated to the Victorian novelist's work and legacy.
The term also describes characters or people who seem to have stepped out of a Dickens novel: colorful eccentrics, downtrodden orphans, or pompous officials.
The tour guide, a true Dickensian, knew every London alley Dickens had walked.
Dickensian travelling club leader
- CopperfieldDickens novel about David
- TwistDickens protagonist's surname
- ScroogeMiserly, cold-hearted person
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
gaslight · London · fog · cobblestones · chimney-sweep · urchin · orphan · poorhouse
Writer of prose narratives
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
grotesque · coincidence · melodrama · redemption · characterization · episodic · satire · humanity
Experts in a field
- enthusiastsPeople deeply into something
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- societiesOrganized groups of people
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
devotees · readers · adaptations · pilgrimage · Rochester · conferences · anniversaries · journals
Pickwick
Dickensian travelling club leader
- CopperfieldDickens novel about David
- TwistDickens protagonist's surname
- ScroogeMiserly, cold-hearted person
workhouse · gaslight · London · fog · cobblestones · chimney-sweep · urchin · orphan · poorhouse · gruel
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- pathosPity-evoking quality
sentimentality · grotesque · coincidence · melodrama · redemption · characterization · episodic · satire · humanity · narrator
scholars
Experts in a field
- enthusiastsPeople deeply into something
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- societiesOrganized groups of people
fellowship · devotees · readers · adaptations · pilgrimage · Rochester · conferences · anniversaries · journals · dramatizations