On February 7th was the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, the well-known novel writer from the victorian times. For this occassion Oxford University Press prepared couple of interesting and interactive exercises for the students of English language.

Hereby I will post some interesting exercises in the following days, that can be downloaded and you might offer them to your teacher, or play it with your friends.

Today I decided to post a quiz on Charles Dickens’ life and work, to get to know him more. Below you can find a set of useful links that will help you to answer the quiz.

USEFUL LINKS

Charles Dickens. Gad’s Hill Place

http://www.perryweb.com/Dickens/ 

The Literature Network

http://www.online-literature.com/link.php 

http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/

Victorian Web. < http://www.victorianweb.org/ >. Web. Date viewed.

BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml

Follow this link to complete a ‘Get to know your favourite writers!’ activity

BRITAIN EXPRESS

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/bio/dickens.htm

Copyright David Ross and Britain Express, http://www.britainexpress.com/History/bio/dickens.htm

Follow this link to complete a ‘Get to know your favourite writers!’ activity

British Council Literature

http://literature.britishcouncil.org/projects/2011/dickens-2012

LWT South Bank Show documentary- Nicholas Nickleby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfGqp5NoGhE

The Life of Charles Dickens (BBC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unKuZ2wlNdw&feature=related

Charles Dickens Museum (London)

http://www.dickensmuseum.com/about/about-the-museum/

Dickens Book Club on Twitter and Facebook.

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/London-Wall/Whats-on/Exhibitions-Displays/Dickens-London/Dickens+Book+Club.htm

Content available until June 2012

Dickens 2012

http://www.dickens2012.org/about-dickens-2012