For much of my adult life, I believed, inaccurately, that I knew the story of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' - that… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
“Oh no! My subconscious slams down her Complete Works of Charles Dickens, leaps up from her armchair, and puts her hands on… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Stephen King has the exact ability that Charles Dickens had. To get to his readers in spite of or despite anything the… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
In his life, Charles Dickens was like the rest of us, but maybe more so: another poor and wonderful soul attempting to… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Charles Dickens' creation of Mr. Pickwick did more for the elevation of the human race - I say it in all seriousness… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
“CHRISTMAS TREE by Charles Dickens After the publication of The Haunted Man (1848), the last of Dickens’ Christmas novellas, he marked the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“These incident acquaintances and the twisted stories that grew out of them, made John thinking that “Charles Dickens” was not just another… — Darren H. Pryce Copy Share Image
Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think that when [Charles] Dickens met Nelly [Ternan] it unleashed this sort of carnal, anarchic, cruel energy within him, and literally… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
“I prayed for help to put the sadness and disappointment of my defeat behind me; to stay hopeful and openhearted rather than… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“The late modern era has seen unprecedented levels not only of violence and horror, but also of peace and tranquillity. Charles Dickens… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
“One must be prepared to fight for one’s simple pleasures and to defend them against elegance and erudition and all manner of… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want. —Anna Lappe, author and activist •… — Whitney Johnson Copy Share Image
“A DINNER AT POPLAR WALK This is the first published work of Charles Dickens, which appeared in the Monthly Magazine in December… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“I recommend readers to be adventurous and to try things they’ve never heard of or considered reading before. Get out of the… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Now that you are living on such intimate terms with her, Gwyn has emerged as a slightly different person... She is both… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“The truth is, everyone likes to look down on someone. If your favorites are all avant-garde writers who throw in Sanskrit and… — Brent weeks Copy Share Image
My high school did not offer courses in philosophy, so the books that initially stimulated philosophical reflection in me were novels by… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“If any class deserves to be protected and assisted by the government, it is the class who are banished from their native… — Joseph O Connor Copy Share Image
In A Midnight Carol Patricia Davis illuminates the dark and brilliant humanity of Charles Dickens -- the man who lived a rags-to-riches… — Richard Lederer Copy Share Image
I was into Virginia Woolf and James Joyce [at university] and I think we all thought that [Charles] Dickens wasn't that cool. — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
No. But isn't that a bit weird? Agatha Christie didn't walk around surrounded by murders. Not really. I mean that's like meeting… — Donna Noble Copy Share Image
Charles Dickens was an incredibly cinematic writer. He wrote this one hundred years before there were movies. He writes very thematically. It… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“It is wonderful how Virtue turns from dirty stockings; and how Vice, married to ribbons and a little gay attire, changes her… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I've been in the entertainment industry since I was six-years-old ... As Charles Dickens says, 'It's been the best of times, the… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I've been influenced by so many different writers along the way - from Charles Dickens, Roger Zelazny, Michael Moorcock, John D. McDonald,… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
Many books have mattered enormously to my life and work. 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens would be one of several contenders for… — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
“Velg hva du vil, Anni, sa Indira. Hun var like rastløs her som jeg hadde vært i avdelingen for dameklær. For en… — Lucinda Riley Copy Share Image
England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
Not until somebody turns round and says, 'Art, how do you fancy playing Charles Dickens? How do you fancy playing Prince Charles… — Art Malik Copy Share Image
“Very few conversations with Charles Dickens did not include a laugh from him. I had never met a man so given to… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Although we might think of Holmes as the Ur-sleuth, the seminal inspiration for many writers comes not from the chronicles of Baker… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
![“I think that when [Charles] Dickens met Nelly [Ternan] it unleashed this sort of carnal, anarchic, cruel energy within him, and literally after she met him he changed his whole life - he separated from [his wife] Catherine, he stopped all the children from seeing her and went on this bitter rampage.” quote by Felicity Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/01a/felicity-jones-2070_bitter_i-think-that-when-charles-dickens-met-ne_2449410.jpg)
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