Books Quote by Eudora Welty

She read Dickens in the spirit in which she would have eloped with him.

— Eudora Welty

She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him.

— Eudora Welty

I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me.

— Sue Perkins

When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we…

— Dermot Healy

I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to…

— Alan Bradley

In 1978, when I was 17 and in my first year at university, I read approximately 3,500 pages of Dickens.

— Michel Faber

Deirdre Maddon has an extraordinary, almost celestial way of telling a story. There are so many great writers now - although I also want…

— Rebecca Miller

My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and…

— Judith Viorst

The thing about Dickens is you either love him or you hate him and I fell in love with Dickens, I fell in love…

— George Brandis

My mother was a reader, and she read to us. She read us Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when I was six and my…

— Stephen King

I had a kind of Dickensian childhood.

— Shaun Cassidy

I was brought up on Dickens. I remember reading 'Bleak House' but, coming back to it, I didn't remember much about it apart from…

— Burn Gorman