Dickensian
adjective
uk/dɪˈken.zi.ən/us/dɪˈken.zi.ən/written by or in thestyleof the 19th-centuryEnglishwriterCharles Dickens
(alsodickensian)
relatingto orsimilarto somethingdescribedin thebooksof Charles Dickens,especiallylivingorworkingconditionsthat are below anacceptablestandard:
Thebathroomsin thishotelarepositivelydickensian - nohotwaterandgrimeeverywhere.
Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- Afrofuturism
- allegorical
- allegory
- anime
- autobiographical
- computer-animated
- cyberpunk
- episodic
- Gothic
- kitchen-sink
- melodrama
- procedural
- prosy
- pulpy
- satirical
- science fiction
- self-referential
- SFF
- smash
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In bad condition