WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Charles Dickens

Novelist & social commentator

Born: 7 February 1812
Died: 9 June 1870
Lived in: Portsmouth, London & Kent, England

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth and became one of the defining voices of Victorian London. A novelist, journalist, and performer, he turned close observation of poverty, work, and city life into stories such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

When he could not sleep, Dickens walked through London for miles at night and in the early morning, studying its streets, voices, and characters for his writing.

Words by Charles Dickens

“No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused!”

Charles Dickens ↗

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.”

Charles Dickens ↗