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“If I felt less, I could do more.”

Emotion Dickens Defeatism Defeatist Dickensian

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.”

Poverty January Poverty Quotes Scrooge Poverty Quotations A Christmas Carol Pauper Dickensian Poverty Quote Dickens Christmas

Author:Stewart Stafford

“My flesh and blood...when it rises against me, is not my flesh and blood. I discard it.”

Cold Villain Dickens British Literature Dickensian Murdstone

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.”

Humor Self Conscious Jane Eyre A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara Dickensian Governess

Book:A Little Life

Source: A Little Life