Excerpt from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. 1 of 2
"If a Life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) (John Forster)