 |
|
 |
 |
 |
NOVELISTS > novelist, dramatist > Charles Dickens
It is sometimes...
Vendor: NOVELISTS
It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of Magnificent Intentions. . . . Spacious avenues, that begin in nothing, and lead nowhere; streets, mile-long, that only want houses. . .
Source: American Notes, ch. 8 (1842).
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.