Forfatter fødeår: 1812-1870
"The couple who dote upon their children have usually a great many of them (...) The children are either the healthiest in all the world, or the most unfortunate in existence.... Læs mere
"Society, taken in the lump, is all dwarfs (...) And when you’ve no more left to give, they’ll laugh at you to your face..."A man sets up a circus in a respectable neighbourhood and... Læs mere
"Minerva House ... was ‘a finishing establishment for young ladies,’ where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a... Læs mere
"Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy, –they do, thank God!"In this follow-up to Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings, in which Mrs. Lirriper... Læs mere
"It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded." In this wonderful compilation of classic... Læs mere
"Mother had the gripe and clutch of poverty upon her face, upon her figure, and not least of all upon her voice."After a traumatic childhood spent locked in a cellar, the... Læs mere
"Remember to the last, that while there is life there is hope."Onboard the ship The Golden Mary we meet a dignified woman in black, a man who wants to try his luck in the... Læs mere
"Once upon a time, and of course it was in the Golden Age, and I hope you may know when that was, for I am sure I don't, though I have tried hard to find out, there lived in a rich and... Læs mere
"When I began to settle down in this right-principled and well-conducted House, I noticed, under the bed in No. 24 B (which it is up an angle off the staircase, and usually put off... Læs mere
"Out-and-out young gentlemen may be divided into two classes – those who have something to do, and those who have nothing."In Sketches of Young Gentlemen Charles Dickens... Læs mere
Near the English colony of Belize, a silver mine is attacked by pirates. They murder a number of the British colonist and take the rest hostage. When all hope... Læs mere
"The village street was like most other village streets: wide for its height, silent for its size, and drowsy in the dullest degree."In Tom Tiddlers Ground – the name of an ancient... Læs mere