Money in Dickens. This is a chronological analysis of Dickens' treatment of filthy lucre, and how his perception changed and matured through time.

Examine Dickens' development of the theme of money. Money is a central theme in Dickens' novels. He strove to recreate with precision the world around him and its issues, and so it is fitting that money occupies such a conspicuous place at the heart of his body of work. As he ages and his work matures, Dickens' view and treatment of money changes and complicates in parallel, whether it is his central theme or not. …

…acquired, but from whom, and how it is spent have both become important. Dickens ages and embitters and in Great Expectations he offers us the experienced bleakness of his vision. Thus from the cheerful and unconsidered naivete of Oliver Twist, with its orphan who can do no wrong, its certainty and moral absolutism we can chart Dickens' journey through to a far less steady but more piercing state of insight into money, and into man.