Tom/characters

Famous quotes containing the words tom and/or characters:

    “Sir, there is more knowledge in a letter of Richardson’s, than in all Tom Jones.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Socialist writers are made of sterner stuff than those who only let their characters steeplechase through trouble in order to come out first in the happy ending of moral uplift.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)