It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a
far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. ~ from A Tale of Two Cities
A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Hard Times, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, Bleak House. Was there ever an author more prolific, more influential, more esteemed than Charles Dickens? With his 200th birthday in plain sight (Feb. 7, 2012), the BBC lists "Six Things He Gave the Modern World": http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16184487
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