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“Ah, Miss Harriet, it would do us no harm to remember oftener than we do, that vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!”

Book:Dombey and Son

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Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens' 'Dombey and Son' is a complex narrative that delves into the life of the eponymous Dombey, a wealthy merchant, and his interactions with his family and the broader society. The story is set in the 19th century and offers a critical look at the era's class divisions and the impact of wealth on personal relationships. Dickens' vivid portrayal of characters and his exploration of themes such as love, loss, and ambition make this novel a classic in English literature. more

Author

Charles Dickens

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 you could say, with truth, to your own solitary heart, to-night, 'I have secured to myself the love and attachment, the gratitude or respect, of no human creature; I have won myself a tender place in no regard; I have done nothing good or serviceable to be remembered by!' your seventy-eight years would be seventy-eight heavy curses; would they not?”

Source: A tale of two cities, with intr., notes, and analytical list of characters

“Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company; the meanest man to whom I have ever given alms appears, to add his mite of peace and comfort to my stock; and whenever the fire within me shall grow cold, to light my path upon this earth no more, I pray that it may be at such an hour as this, and when I love the world as well as I do now.”

Source: CHARLES DICKENS – The Complete Short Stories: 190+ Christmas Tales, Social Sketches, Tales for Children & Other Stories (Illustrated): A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man, Sketches by Boz, Mudfog Papers, Reprinted Pieces, Pearl-Fishing, Christmas Stories, Child's Dream of a Star, Holiday Romance…

“We part with tender relations stretching far behind us, that never can be exactly renewed, and with others dawning - yet before us.”

Inspirational Behinds Relation Stretching

Book:Christmas Books

Source: Christmas Books

“... I have read in your face, as plain as if it was a book, that but for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is about us.”

Ifs Knows Inspirational Should Book Faces Half Trouble Sorrow Your Face

Book:Ghost stories

Source: Ghost stories

“'I believe, Mr. Snitchey,' said Alfred, 'there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent lightnesses and contradictions - not the less difficult to achieve, because they have no earthly chronicle or audience - done every day in nooks and corners, and in little households, and in men's and women's hearts - any one of which might reconcile the sternest man to such a world, and fill him with belief and hope in it.”