"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest."
Charles Dickens was an English novelist and social critic of the Victorian era. His major works include Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and David Copperfield. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in English literature.