I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book.
From Claire Tomalin
The book doesn't end when you finish writing it.
I sometimes think that, since I started writing biographies, I've had more of a life in books than I have had in my real life.
After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.
Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.
Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century.
In 1843, everybody was hungry, unemployed, and conditions were very bad.
Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.
Dickens belongs to the English people.
The whole world knows Dickens, his London and his characters.
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