Highlight the various themes of novels written by Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, in the 19th century. -SST 10th

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(i) Dickens wrote about the terrible effects of industrialisation.  (ii) Dickens criticised the idea that human beings were treated as simple instruments of production.  (iii) Dickens spoke about the exploitation of children/ orphans in ‘Oliver Twist’.  (iv) Thomas Hardy highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of the new order.  (v) Thomas Hardy used vernacular language spoken by different groups of people in his writing.

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