It does not matter that Dickens' world is not life-like; it is alive. — Lord David Cecil Copy Share Image
The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues - probity, kindness, hard work, sympathy for the down-trodden, the sanctity of domestic life - even as his novels exposed the violence, hypocrisy,… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
