Charles Dickens Quotes


It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves


Citations

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Bradbury and Evans, 1853, p. 509.

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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.