Charles Dickens

"Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with a high fence, and a gate . . . where the fruit clusters on the trees, riper and richer than fruit has ever been since, in any other garden, and where my mother gathers some in a basket while I stand by, bolting furtive gooseberries, and trying to look unnerved."

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Source: 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.10

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens was a British novelist known for his vivid characters and social commentary, particularly in works like 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Great Expectations.'

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