“If I felt less, I could do more.” EmotionDickensDefeatismDefeatistDickensian Book:David Copperfield Source: David Copperfield
“Dickensian poverty tends to occur after Christmas in January. For it is then, with pockets empty, diary decimated and larder bare, that the general populace sinks into a collective pauper's hibernation until Valentine's Day.” PovertyJanuaryPoverty QuotesScroogePoverty QuotationsA Christmas CarolPauperDickensianPoverty QuoteDickens Christmas Author:Stewart Stafford
“My flesh and blood...when it rises against me, is not my flesh and blood. I discard it.” ColdVillainDickensBritish LiteratureDickensianMurdstone Book:David Copperfield Source: David Copperfield
“His limp had been very pronounced that day, and he had been self-conscious, feeling—as he often did—as if he were playing the role of an impoverished governess in a Dickensian drama.” HumorSelf ConsciousJane EyreA Little LifeHanya YanagiharaDickensianGoverness Book:A Little Life Source: A Little Life