Charles Dickens Quotes About Reading

• There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

  Charles Dickens

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Charles Dickens (2009). “The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist”, p.97, Cosimo, Inc.

• We never tire of the friendships we form with books.

  Charles Dickens

  Book, Reading, Tire

  Charles Dickens (1914). “A Charles Dickens Birthday Book”

• I found Uriah reading a great fat book, with such demonstrative attention, that his lank forefinger followed up every line as he read, and made clammy tracks along the page (or so I fully believed) like a snail.

  Charles Dickens

  Book, Reading, Character

  Charles Dickens (1867). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.141

• Mr. Pickwick took a seat and the paper, but instead of reading the latter, peeped over the top of it, and took a survey of the man of business, who was an elderly, pimply-faced, vegetable-diet sort of man, in a black coat, dark mixture trousers, and small black gaiters; a kind of being who seemed to be an essential part of the desk at which he was writing, and to have as much thought or sentiment.

  Charles Dickens

  Reading, Writing, Character

  Charles Dickens (1870). “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, p.165

• 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!

  Charles Dickens

  Book, Reading, Fire

  Charles Dickens (2011). “Great Expectations (Illustrated)”, p.50, Top Five Books LLC

• This was my only and my constant comfort. When I think of it, the picture always rises in my mind, of a summer evening, the boys at play in the churchyard, and I sitting on my bed, reading as if for life.

  Charles Dickens

  Summer, Reading, Boys

  Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.4368, Delphi Classics

• Yet, I had nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might be of less moment still), that no one can ever believe this Narrative, in the reading, more than I believed it in the writing.

  Charles Dickens

  Reading, Believe, Writing

  "David Copperfield". Volume I,

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