19th century Quote by Margaret Atwood

As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot.

— David Duchovny

I admire Charles Dickens, mostly for the texture of his writing and the colourful characters he created. His work gives us, I think, a…

— David Essex

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

— George Orwell

I had never read Victorian novels before going overseas. I read a handful of authors, but I had not immersed myself in the literature…

— Eleanor Catton

Dickens is a much misunderstood and mis-approached writer, in that he tends to be read, particularly in the twentieth century, as a social commentator…

— Martin Amis

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

— Michael Kroft

I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is…

— John Irving

At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully…

— Michel Faber

I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her…

— Whit Stillman

While every historical era has its unique appeal as a setting for tales of crime and detection, the 19th century is exceptional - it…

— Sarah Weinman

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think…

— Jodi Picoult

“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