June 9: Charles Dickens

"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.

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