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Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.

Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction, and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback. For example, when his wife's chiropodist expressed distress at the way Miss Mowcher in David Copperfield seemed to reflect her disabilities, Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed, and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor chipped in ha'pennies to have each new monthly episode read to them, opening up and inspiring a new class of readers.

His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities (set in London and Paris) is his best-known work of historical fiction. The most famous celebrity of his era, public demand saw him undertake a series of public reading tours in the later part of his career. Dickens has been praised by many of his fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell, G. K. Chesterton, and Tom Wolfe—for his realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. However, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of sentimentalism.

The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was the first biography of Brontë. In this biography, she only wrote of the moral, sophisticated things in Brontë’s life, the rest she left out, deciding that certain, more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford (1851–53), North and South (1854–55), and Wives and Daughters (1865), each having been adapted for television by the BBC.

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her most successful literary works included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novels Barbara's History (1864) and Lord Brackenbury (1880), and the Egyptian travelogue A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877). In 1882, she co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund. She also edited a poetry anthology published in 1878.

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Mrs. Lirripers værelser

Charles Dickens udsendte fra 1859 til sin død bladet "All the Year Round", der dels indeholdt Dickens egne værker, dels noveller og føljetoner af samtidens større og mindre ånder. Hvert år udkom der et "ekstra julenummer", der som regel indeholdt een lang fortælling, hvor Dickens skrev en rammehistorie, og en eller flere andre forfattere fyldte indhold på.

Mrs. Lirripers værelser er en af disse, og stammer fra julenummeret 1863.

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  1. Hvorledes mrs. Lirriper fører forretningen (Charles Dickens)
    Mrs. Lirriper fortæller om sit liv og om hendes og majorens plejebarn
  2. Hvad lejeren fra første sal havde hørt om Crowley Castle (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell)
    Lejeren fra første sal fortæller majoren om lord Brownlow, hans to koner og den morderiske tjenestepige
  3. Hvorledes en doktor aflagde besøg i sideværelset (Andrew Halliday)
    Lejeren i sideværelset fortæller majoren om dengang en mystisk, alvidende doktor – måske Djævelen selv – besøgte det "Gensidige Beundrings-Selskab"
  4. Hvorledes lejeren på anden sal holdt hund (Edmund Yates)
    Lejeren på anden sal fortæller om dengang, den irriterende mr. Mortiboy besøgte sin kompagnons familie i Wales
  5. Hvorledes lejeren fra tredje sal kendte porcelænsfabrikkerne (Amelia Edwards)
    Den tidligere porcelænsarbejder fortæller historien om den forsvundne værkfører.
  6. Hvorledes lejeren fra det bedste kvistværelse var i den sorteste fortvivlelse  (Charles Collins)
    En kærlighedsaffære og en duel får en højst uventet udgang
  7. Hvorledes salens beboer tilføjede tilføjede nogle ord (Charles Dickens)
    Majoren giver ordet til plejebarnet Jemmy Jackman Lirriper, der fortæller et lille eventyr
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