Charles Dickens Quotes


When we have done our very, very best, papa, and that is not enough, then I think the right time must have come for asking help of others.


Citations

Dickens, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Bradbury & Evans, 1850, p. 408.

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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.