"Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people we most despise." --from GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1861) by Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Wikipedia Born : February 7, 1812, Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Died : June 9, 1870, Higham, United Kingdom Spouse : Catherine Dickens (m. 1836–1858) Children : Francis Dickens , Henry Fielding Dickens , Mary Dickens , more Quotes No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The Charles Dickens Museum 新增了 2 張相片。