Charles Dickens Quotes


... I feel certain that his tale is true. Feeling that certainty, I befriend him. As long as that certainty shall last, I will befriend him. And if any consideration could shake me in this resolve, I should be so ashamed of myself for my meanness, that no man's good opinion - no, nor no woman's - so gained, could compensate me for the loss of my own.


Citations

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, 1838, p. 115.

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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
  • Born: February 7, 1812
  • Died: June 9, 1870
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Writer

Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.