Charles Dickens Quotes


The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind.


Citations

Dickens, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Bradbury and Evans, 1850, p. 2.

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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.