"We Britons had at that time particularly settled that it was treasonable to doubt our having and our being the best of everything; otherwise, while I was scared by the immensity of London, I think I might have had some faint doubts whether it was not rather ugly, crooked, narrow, and dirty."
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.