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Oliver Twist

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Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress." Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, Feb. 1837, issue 1, ch. 2.

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Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Penguin, 2003, ch. 2.

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I wear the chain I forged in life.

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Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 1.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 1.

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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 direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Tale of Two Cities." London: Chapman & Hall. April-Nov. 1859. Weekly serial.

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Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.

Our Mutual Friend

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Dickens, Charles. "Our Mutual Friend." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, May 1865, pt. 13, bk. 3, ch. 9.

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Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend, edited by Adrian Poole. Penguin, 1998, bk. 3, ch. 9.

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Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 1 Dec. 1860, issue 1, ch. 1.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 2.

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Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

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Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 1.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 1.

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In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 29 Dec. 1860, issue 5, ch. 8.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 8.

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I wish you to know you have been the last dream of my soul.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Tale of Two Cities." London: Chapman & Hall. April-Nov. 1859. Weekly serial.

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Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, bk. 2, ch. 13.

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No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused!

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Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 1.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 1.

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I loved her simply because I found her irresistible.

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 30 Mar. 1861, issue 17, ch. 29.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 29.

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It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 26 Jan 1861, issue 9, ch. 14.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 14.

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For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.

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Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 3.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 3.

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A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Tale of Two Cities." London: Chapman & Hall. April-Nov. 1859. Weekly serial.

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Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, bk. 1, ch. 3.

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It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

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Dickens, Charles. "A Tale of Two Cities." London: Chapman & Hall. April-Nov. 1859. Weekly serial.

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Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, bk. 3, ch. 15.

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There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.

Oliver Twist

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Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress." Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, July 1837, issue 5, ch. 10.

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Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Penguin, 2003, ch. 10.

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All partings foreshadow the great final one.

Bleak House

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Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, Aug. 1853, issue 18, ch. 58.

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Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 58.

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The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, Mar. 1838, issue 1, ch. 3.

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Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, edited by Mark Ford. Penguin, 1999, ch. 3.

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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 13 July 1861, issue 33, ch. 54.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 54.

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I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 30 Mar. 1861, issue 17, ch. 29.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 29.

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As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years hence.