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Dickens belongs to the English people.

The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny.

I'm not a Dickens guy. In grad school I had to take at least one course on the Victorians, so I took The Later Dickens, because that was what there was.

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.

I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

Dickens writes such brilliant characters and stories, and his themes and social commentary are still so relevant. I think that's why he's still so loved today.

The whole world knows Dickens, his London and his characters.

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.

The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere to go.