Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickenswas an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 February 1812
law evil doers
And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at istelf and dies with the doer of it! but Good, never.
love sacrifice men
Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.
eye ems may
Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye.
character interesting grind
The cramped monotony of my existence grinds me away by the grain.
enemy interesting-characters fellows
Yes. He is quite a good fellow - nobody's enemy but his own.
talking words-of-wisdom sitting
When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody else, because he has no belief in himself.
best-love children son
Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. Mr. Dombey's young child was, from the beginning, so distinctly important to him as a part of his own greatness, or (which is the same thing) of the greatness of Dombey and Son, that there is no doubt his parental affection might have been easily traced, like many a goodly superstructure of fair fame, to a very low foundation.
love dream mean
Have you ever had the sensation of looking at someone for the first time and ever so quickly the past and future seem to fuse ? Does that not mean something ? That we felt so much, so deeply, before even speaking?
sex surprising animosity
Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another, when you do differ.
shapes rooms mold
The forces that affect our lives, the influences that mold and shape us, are often like whispers in a different room, teasingly indistinct, apprehended only with difficulty.
travel forgiving left-behind
One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind.
beautiful heart cities
I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
inspiring new-year heart
A new heart for a New Year, always!
giving tea cups
My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.