Anna Quote by Charles Dickens
“Mr. Cruncher... always spoke of the year of our Lord as Anna Dominoes: apparently under the impression that the Christian era dated from the invention of a popular game, by a lady who had bestowed her name upon it.”
About This Quote
Source Novel: Great Expectations, 1861
The narrator sat the Christian calendar as a game, highlighting absurdities in how societies assign meaning to time.
In simple terms: Seeing history as a game.
Question arbitrary timelines.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- education
- debates on religion
- historical analysis
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- Why do we treat time as a game?
- How does this view affect faith?
May oversimplify complex religious history.