It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and good for a man's digestion, to know that his wife is comfortable and well taken care of; and there is nothing like a comfortable wife, to make a man comfortable.
— Charles Dickens Modern

Victorian novelist

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A Christmas Carol

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1843

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Strange & Unusual

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