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From "The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete" by Forster, John
Charles Dickens
The author, a famous novelist and journalist.
Core Belief
"That fiction should have a purpose, that the poor and neglected deserve a voice, and that individual kindness can make a difference."
Worldview
A blend of idealistic hope and realistic awareness of social ills, seeing both the beauty and the ugliness in the world around him.
Personality
Energetic, compassionate, restless, and acutely observant, with a strong sense of social justice and a love for the theatre.
In Their Own Words
"My whole nature was so penetrated with the grief and humiliation of such considerations, that even now, famous and caressed and happy, I often forget in my dreams that I have a dear wife and children; even that I am a man; and wander desolately back to that time of my life."
"I know my father to be as kind-hearted and generous a man as ever lived in the world. Everything that I can remember of his conduct to his wife, or children, or friends, in sickness or affliction, is beyond all praise."
"I certainly understood it quite as well then as I do now."
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