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Quotation from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
“In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things.”
Bleak House, Preface (Project Gutenberg text)
The last sentence of Dickens's preface to the 1853 volume edition, after his defence of spontaneous combustion.
Citation: "In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things." — Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Preface (Project Gutenberg text). (id bleak-house-q7)
Portrait: Dickens Gurney head, Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain.
