Quote by: Charles Dickens

It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, "a good book, or a good newspaper, and sit me down afore a good fire, and I ask no better. Lord!" he continued, after rubbing his knees a little, "when you do come to a J and a O, and says you, 'Here, at last, is a J-O, Joe,' how interesting reading is!


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Author Bio


  • NameCharles Dickens
  • DescriptionEnglish writer and social critic
  • AliasesCharles John Huffam Dickens
  • BornFebruary 7, 1812
  • DiedJune 9, 1870
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Journalist; Social Critic
  • WorksThe Pickwick Papers; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; David Copperfield; Bleak House; Hard Times; Little Dorrit; A Tale Of Two Cities; Great Expectations