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Dickensian   /dɪkˈɛnziən/   Listen
Dickensian

adjective
1.
Of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions).





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"Dickensian" Quotes from Famous Books



... author's conception of it, depends for its effect solely and only on the actress; and Miss MARION TERRY, as she sits, rises to the occasion. It is long since Mr. RIGHTON has had such a part as that of Todman, the quaint little old-fashioned bookshop-keeper, and to this quite Dickensian character, the actor does thorough justice; as also does Mr. H. VINCENT to the somewhat highly coloured blusterous part of Briginshaw. Mr. ALEXANDER commences the new year well. "Prosit!" chirps ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 • Various


Words linked to "Dickensian" :   dickens


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