Charles Dickens
And His Girl Heroines (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Charles Dickens: And His Girl Heroines<br><br>Those who know and love their Dickens, know also that though he was a man of high character, and deep and sincere purpose, he had all the peculiarities of a great genius. On whatever side one viewed him, one saw a different picture. His moods were as changeful as the shifting of a kaleidoscope, yet always interesting, always true to some simple law within himself, forming - from the bright, restless particles floating in the space of his brilliant mind - something symmetrical and beautiful for the world to look at. He has painted pictures which can never fade; he has created men and women, boys and girls, as living and real as those we know to-day, and though he died nearly half a century ago, we cannot help feeling that only his quick, moving presence has vanished. The soul of the man flashes through his books, which will hold and enthrall future generations as they have held the generations of the past.<br><br>Nowhere does his art shine forth more tenderly, more beautifully, and more truly than in the creation of his girl heroines.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.