Charles Dickens vs. Jane Austen
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Charles Dickens
1719 – 1793
English novelist and social critic whose works, including A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, and Great Expectations, highlighted social injustices of Victorian England. He remains one of the most widely read and adapted authors in the English language.
"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be."
Jane Austen
1775 – 1817
Jane Austen (1775–1817) was an English novelist whose six major novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, critically and comically examined the lives and morals of the British landed gentry.
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."