Dickens Quote by Goldwin Smith

“I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.” quote by Goldwin Smith — Download Open image

“I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.”

Goldwin Smith

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