Dickens Quote by Brandt Legg

“The late modern era has seen unprecedented levels not only of violence and horror, but also of peace and tranquillity. Charles Dickens wrote of…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,…

— Jill Koenigsdorf

“I blame Charles Dickens for the death of my father'.”

— John Boyne

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,…

— Charles Dickens

“There were good times or goodish times, only the bad times were so—crucial.”

— Iris Murdoch

“He was more like something out of Dickens than anything human.”

— p g wodehouse

“He left a trail like a meteor, and everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens.”

— Claire Tomalin

“I snorted. “They still make you read Dickens in school? Great Expectations?” “Yeah.” “You can stay at home and hide if you want—and wind…

— Jim Butcher

“A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end. Men read a Dickens story six times because they knew it so…

— G.K. Chesterton

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.

— Alan Bennett

“In Charles Dickens's books I had to admire the way the meanest enemies spoke to each other, with what seemed to me to be…

— Jane Hamilton

“I wonder if Dickens knew he was writing historical fiction when he wrote his many novels.”

— Michael Kroft