Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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Renowned 19th-century English author whose best known works include Oliver Twist, Bleak House, and A Christmas Carol. He created some of the most memorable characters in fiction, became known for his acute social satire, and is generally considered to be the most significant novelist of the Victorian era.
  • When was
    Charles Dickens born?

    Charles Dickens was born on Friday, February 7, 1812

  • Where was
    Charles Dickens born?

    Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire, England

  • How old is
    Charles Dickens?

    Charles Dickens is 212


Best Quotes

  • Ven you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now; but vether it's worth goin' through so mu...
  • There are strings in the human heart that had better not be wibrated.
  • The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
  • Minerva House ... was 'a finishing establishment for young ladies,' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, a...
  • It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
  • In those rare days, the press was seldom known to snarl or bark, But sweetly sang of men in pow'r, like any tuneful lark;...
  • I'll sing you a new ballad, and I'll warrant it first-rate, Of the days of that old gentleman who had that old estate;...
  • Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, Right Reverends and Wrong Reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with Hea...
  • Dollars! All their cares, hopes, joys, affections, virtues, and associations seemed to be melted down into dollars. Whatever the chance contri...
  • Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travel...
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