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By Charles Dickens 29 Aug, 2019
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Excerpt.......Our friend has dealt with the common feelings and passions of ordinary men in the common and ordinary paths of life.  He has not sought—at least he has not yet sought—to deal with those thoughts and passions that are made conspicuo ... Read more
Excerpt.......Our friend has dealt with the common feelings and passions of ordinary men in the common and ordinary paths of life.  He has not sought—at least he has not yet sought—to deal with those thoughts and passions that are made conspicuous from afar by the elevated stations of those who experience them.  He has mingled in the common walks of life; he has made himself familiar with the lower orders of society.  He has not been deterred by the aspect of vice and wickedness, and misery and guilt, from seeking a spirit of good in things evil, but has endeavoured by the might of genius to transmute what was base into what is precious as the beaten gold. . . .  But I shall be betrayed, if I go on much longer,—which it would be improper for me to do—into something like a critical delineation of the genius of our illustrious guest.  I shall not attempt that; but I cannot but express in a few ineffectual words, the delight which every human bosom feels in the benign spirit which pervades all his creations.   Less
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Charles Dickens
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Charles John Huffam Dickens; (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) 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 gr...
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