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Quotation from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

“I have a great deal of difficulty in beginning to write my portion of these pages, for I know I am not clever.”

Charles Dickens (spoken by Esther Summerson)

Bleak House, Chapter III, A Progress (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Charles Dickens

The opening of Esther's narrative, recalling her childhood with her godmother and her doll.

Citation: "I have a great deal of difficulty in beginning to write my portion of these pages, for I know I am not clever." — Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter III, A Progress (Project Gutenberg text). (id bleak-house-q3)

Portrait: Dickens Gurney head, Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain.

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