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I had a kind of Dickensian childhood
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"I had a kind of Dickensian childhood"

- Shaun Cassidy

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Shaun Cassidy's quote about his youth recommends that it was challenging and filled with hardships. This is a recommendation to the books of Charles Dickens, which typically illustrate the struggles of the lower classes in Victorian England. The characters in Dickens' novels often face poverty, cravings, and other forms of deprivation. By stating he had a "Dickensian youth," Shaun Cassidy is indicating that he experienced similar struggles during his own childhood. He might have matured in a lower-class family, or he might have dealt with other kinds of deprivation. Whatever the case, his quote recommends that his youth was hard and full of hardships.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Shaun Cassidy somewhere between September 27, 1958 and today. He/she was a famous Musician from USA. The author also have 4 other quotes.

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