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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.

~Douglas Booth

Topics: Brilliant Characters Commentary Dickens He His Loved Relevant Social Still Stories Themes Think Today Why Writes I Think

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If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.

~Dustin Hoffman

Topics: Animal Balls Caring Demon Dickens Enormous Family Family Man Got Guy Husband Man Nice Person Talent You

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There's always a host of voices you're inspired by. I love Don DeLillo, and I love Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I love Beckett, and I love Pinter. He's one of the funniest voices in English literature since Dickens.

~Dylan Moran

Topics: Always Dickens English English Literature Funniest He Host Inspired Isaac Literature Love Since Singer Voices You I Love

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I inhaled Dickens as a kid, and I've always been fascinated by the Victorians. So many ridiculous objects they had! They created things like mustache cups, so you wouldn't wet your mustache when you were drinking tea. And eyebrow combs. What's happened to all the eyebrow combs? Marvelous things.

~Edward Carey

Topics: Always Been Created Cups Dickens Drinking Eyebrow Fascinated Had Happened Kid Like Many Marvelous Mustache Objects Ridiculous Tea Things Were Wet You Your

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For much of my adult life, I believed, inaccurately, that I knew the story of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' - that I remembered it from childhood.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Adult Adult Life Believed Carol Charles Childhood Christmas Dickens Knew Life Much Remembered Story

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I was a promiscuous reader. I loved Nancy Drew books and Tom Swift - never the Hardy Boys - but I also read Dumas, Dickens, Poe, Conan Doyle, and Cornelius Ryan's war books. As to favorite character: I'm torn between Nancy, on whom I had an unseemly crush, and Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Also Between Books Boy Character Count Crush Dickens Drew Favorite Had Hardy Loved Nancy Never Poe Promiscuous Read Reader Swift Tom Torn War Whom Ryan

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I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it.

~Feist

Topics: Charmed Death Dickens Get London Read Really Then Until

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'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money.

~Felix Dennis

Topics: About After Been Dickens Enough Enough Money Expectations Fever Getting Great Having Indictment Money Much Society Too Too Much Too Much Money Which

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I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so can Charles Dickens so I'm not going to judge.

~Frank Black

Topics: Charles Charles Dickens Cool Cool Thing Dickens Going Great Hey Judge Liberating Listen Lot Music People Really Rock Rock Music Saying Thing

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In his life, Charles Dickens was like the rest of us, but maybe more so: another poor and wonderful soul attempting to deal with his and the world's pain and confusion in the best way he knew how.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: Another Attempting Best Best Way Charles Charles Dickens Confusion Deal Dickens He His How Knew Life Like Maybe More Pain Poor Rest Soul Us Way Wonderful World

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