“Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love.”
Charles Dickens' novel explores themes of revolution, love, and fate through the lives of characters living in the tumultuous era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. more
Charles Dickens, a British writer born on February 7, 1812, and died on June 9, 1870, is one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. Known for his profound social criticism and vivid narrative style, Dickens' works extensively cover social reality, revealing various issues in the British society of the time. more
“If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”
“I saw you standing on a veranda you'd built with your own hands. And I loved you.”