“ I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book. ”
He saw the world more vividly than other people, and reacted to what he saw with laughter, horror, indignation, and sometimes sobs.
~ Claire Tomalin
Being himself was more exhausting than impersonating a stage character.
He could take on anything and everything, it seemed, rather than leave himself time to reflect on his dissatisfaction with his life and what he might do about it.
Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century.
