CHARLES DICKENS’S USE OF IRONY IN OLIVER TWIST OR, THE PARISH BOY’S PROGRESS
CHARLES DICKENS’S USE OF IRONY IN OLIVER TWIST OR, THE PARISH BOY’S PROGRESS

Summary/Abstract: The works of fiction authored by the Charles Dickens (1812-1870) remain notable for their enormous capacity to render with fidelity the description of an age that underwent major technical progress accompanied by profound social changes and tensions. The contradicting influences exerted on the society of the time are captured in Dickens’s novels by means of irony, which the social writer uses in order to depict in a most faithful manner the conflict between appearance and reality. In this paper, the specific case study chosen to illustrate Dickens’s use of irony is Oliver Twist or, the Parish Boy’s Progress.

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