
The wisdom of Love ...the highest wisdom ever known upon this earth - The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Trifles make the sum of life - David Copperfield
Time, consoler of affliction and softener of anger - Doombey and Son
My life is one demd horrid grind - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail - A Christmas Carol
Marley might be dead, but Charles Dickens lives on. His "career rode a wave of social, political, and scientific process" (Time 1/31/12), and the writing is relevant today. He fought for strong copyright laws and was a publicity genius. Dickens, a writer for the people, reflected the culture and transformed it.
It is a far far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known - Sidney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities
Happy 200th Birthday celebration, Charles Dickens
My grandmother remembered Charles Dickens coming for dinner at the house where she was a downstairs maid. The only thing she could tell me about that day was that they served him ice cream which was a major event in those days!
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that is so cool, Ann. Wow. Glad Charles was worthy of ice cream. Thanks for commenting - that's really neat.
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