Novel & Cerita Charles Dickens Famous Novels

“Favorite novelist?” “Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, before you ask.” “By God, boy!” he exclaimed in glee and clapped his hands. “We have a keeper with this one!” He turned to me again. “Second favorite?” I chewed my lip for a second. “Dickens or Louisa May Alcott. It’s tough, but Alcott might just win out. Her ability to create a whole cast of compelling, lovable characters – not just one or two – is something I’ve yet to find in another writer.”

The only slight difference between us was I was slightly taller than her 5'2 stature by a mere three inches or so. My mother had been one of the first people who sparked my interest in books. The first book I can remember her reading to me when I was a child was "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. As I grew older I began exploring different genres. I went far beyond the books offered in local libraries to get books from friends who stole them from their unsuspecting mothers or older sisters that were laced with steamy, erotic scenes.

"What book this is- the author and the year it was written?" It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going the direct other way... "Charles Dickens, A Tale of two cities- Written in 1859" I answered after reading what was written on the board.