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
believe hallucinations scrooge
There's more of gravey than grave about you, whatever you are!" - Scrooge, referring to Marley's ghost which he believes is a hallucination from food poisoning
men pockets december
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
political preparation political-life
Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.
hurt sorry smart
I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry--I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart--God knows what its name was--that tears started to my eyes.
strong great-expectations caught
Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.
breathing wife missing
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
thinking knowing house
And still I stood looking at the house, thinking how happy I should be if I lived there with her, and knowing that I never was happy with her, but always miserable.
crime victim young
My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.
heart ice miss-havisham
I stole her heart away and put ice in its place.
want faces misery
I want to escape from myself. For when I do start up and stare myself seedily in the face, as happens to be my case at present, my blankness is inconceivable--indescribable--my misery amazing.
faces looks morrow
...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it
bricks honest trade
Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.
eye thoughtful great-expectations
She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good.
littles cry you-again
-Why don't you cry again, you little wretch? -Because I'll never cry for you again.