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That's why I left that part of the quote out. :)

Dickens often capitalized words that needed no capitalization in his stories, and rarely used colloquial speech, except in the direct speech of his characters.

He's the only example I can think...

That seems more like a persuasive essay to me, in which it is expected that you use first person, with penalties for not doing so. By formal essay, I mean writing an analysis of a story or...

Formal essays aren't normally written in first person. Moreover, even if it sounds better the contraction way, you still get points taken off for using it. :?