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“The cramped monotony of my existence grinds me away by the grain.”

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Charles Dickens' final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is a complex and enigmatic work that explores themes of intrigue, romance, and moral ambiguity. The story revolves around the mysterious disappearance of the titular character, Edwin Drood, and the subsequent investigation into his fate. Despite its unfinished state, the novel has captivated readers with its intricate plot and richly developed characters. more

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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

“A tender young cork, however, would have had no more chance against a pair of corkscrews, or a tender young tooth against a pair of dentists, or a little shuttlecock against two battledores, than I had against Uriah and Mrs. Heep. They did just what they liked with me; and wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell, with a certainty I blush to think of.”

Thinking Littles Two Character Young Desire Chance Interesting Teeth Certainty Pairs Dentist Interesting Characters Cork Shuttlecock

Book:Four Novels: Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Hard Times

Source: Four Novels: Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Hard Times

“The more especially, as in my juvenile frankness, I took some credit to myself for being so confidential and felt that I was quite the patron of my two respectful entertainers.”

Two Character Felt Interesting Credit Respectful Entertainers Patron Juvenile Interesting Characters Frankness Confidential

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

“... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a fantastic kind of warmth certainly, but not exactly that kind of warmth of feeling which the contemplation of virtue usually inspires.”

Kind Character Feelings Eye Spirit Interesting Virtue Inspire Blind Fantastic Contemplation Warmth Arthur Interesting Characters Outward Beauty

Book:The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby ... With a Frontispiece from a Painting by T. Webster

Source: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby ... With a Frontispiece from a Painting by T. Webster

“It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. I had seen the harvest, but had never thought of the seed.”

Firsts Character Might Interesting Humility First Time Seeds Harvest Cant Interesting Characters False Humility

Book:The Works of Charles Dickens

Source: The Works of Charles Dickens

“Mrs. Lammle's manner changed under the poor silly girl's embraces, and she turned extremely pale: directing one appealing look, first to Mrs. Boffin, and then to Mr. Boffin. Both understood her instantly, with a more delicate subtlety than much better educated people, whose perception came less directly from the heart, could have brought to bear upon the case.”

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Book:Our Mutual Friend

Source: Our Mutual Friend

“She was too intent upon her work, and too earnest in what she said, and too composed and quiet altogether, to be on the watch for any look he might direct towards her in reply; so the shaft of his ungrateful glance fell harmless, and did not wound her.”

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Book:Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“As I said just now, the world has gone past me. I don't blame it; but I no longer understand it. Tradesmen are not the same as they used to be, apprentices are not the same, business is not the same, business commodities are not the same. Seven-eighths of my stock is old-fashioned. I am an old-fashioned man in an old-fashioned shop, in a street that is not the same as I remember it. I have fallen behind the time, and am too old to catch it again.”

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."”

Thinking Wells Littles Said Done Character Interesting Boys Consequence Interesting Characters

Book:Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“It was a dagger in the haughty father's heart, an arrow in his brain, to see how the flesh and blood he could not disown clung to this obscure stranger, and he sitting by. Not that he cared to whom his daughter turned, or from whom turned away. The swift sharp agony struck through him, as he thought of what his son might do.”

Source: Dombey and Son ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne

“A brisk, bright, blue-eyed fellow, a very neat figure and rather under the middle size, never out of the way and never in it.”

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Book:Christmas Stories from

Source: Christmas Stories from

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