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Dickens married the former Catherine Hogarth in 1836. They had 10 children together before separating in 1858. Catherine died in 1879.

Dickens met "Nellie" Ternan in 1857 when she was hired as an actress in one of his amateur plays. They were frequent companions for the rest of his life.

Dickens was born here February 7, 1812. The house has been restored and furnished with period pieces.

An annual Dickens Festival is held to celebrate the town's connection with the writer.

Dickens and Catherine honeymooned here in 1836. The forge here was Dickens inspiration for the setting of the opening chapters of Great Expectations.

As a child Dickens would walk with his father by Gad's Hill Place, a large impressive mansion outside Rochester. His father told him that with perseverance and hard work he could live in such a house.

Thirty-six years later, in 1856, Dickens bought it.

Links last verified September 26, 2009

Societies and Organizations Scholarly Pages Places Performances and Events
Books and E-Text Web-Based Activities Other Good Resources

Dickens' Societies and Organizations

• The Dickens Fellowship Home
  • The Dickens Fellowship - The Netherlands
  • The Dickens Fellowship - Toronto
  • The Dickens Fellowship - Chicago
  • The Dickens Fellowship - Philadelphia
  • The Dickens Fellowship - Denmark
• The Dickens Society

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Dickens' Scholarly Pages

• The Victorian Web - A very interesting site on the Victorian experience
• Charles Dickens - The Victorian Web's in-depth study of Dickens
• The Dickens Page - Mitsuharu Matsuoka's very informative Dickens site
• Mitsuharu Matsuoka's Hyper-Concordance to the Works of Charles Dickens
• The Dickens Project - From the University of California
• Charles Dickens Page - Very informative site by Spartacus Educational
• Dickens Quarterly - Dickens Society

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Places

• Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum - Dickens birthplace in Portsmouth
• Discover Dickens's Kent
• The Charles Dickens Museum - Located at 48 Doughty Street, London. Dickens and his family lived here from April 1837 to December 1839
• Dickensian London: A character in itself - Christian Science Monitor
• London Walks
• Historic Medway Towns - The area has many ties to Dickens. Many interesting photos.
• Discover Dickens' locations at Quirky Travel
• Winterbourne Country House - Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight. Home of Charles Dickens for the summer of 1849 while writing David Copperfield

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Performances and Events

• Dickens Filmography - Films made from Dickens' novels: Internet Movie Database
• Intersections: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens - John Irving on Lessons in Storytelling from the Victorian Master
  
• A Tale of Two Cities - The Musical: Opens on Broadway August 19, 2008
• Dickens on the Strand - The annual celebration in Galveston, Texas - December 5-6, 2009
• Simon Callow in Dr Marigold & Mr Chops - Riverside Studios, London from 9 Dec 2009 - 31 Jan 2010
• Natalie Zanin's 2009 "A Dickens of A Tour: Charles Dickens in Washington"
• A Christmas Carol produced by The Brockley Jack Theatre - Dec 8, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010
• Special to The Charles Dickens Page:
  Articles and reviews by Professor Robert Giddings - School of Media Arts and Communications at Bournemouth University:
  • Dickens: From Page to Screen by Robert Giddings - Originally published in Canadian Notes & Queries
  • Great Expectations (1999): Dramatized by Tony Marchant - Review by Robert Giddings
  • Oliver Twist (1999) - David Copperfield (1999): Reviews by Robert Giddings
  • Nicholas Nickleby (2001) - Dramatized by Martyn Edward Hesford - Review by Robert Giddings
  • Dickens and the Classic Serial - by Robert Giddings
  • Micawber (2001) - Review by Robert Giddings
  • The Mystery of Ackroyd and Callow by Robert Giddings:
    'The Mystery of Charles Dickens', by Peter Ackroyd, BBC Radio 4, BBC-4 Television, starring Simon Callow, together with a few words about 'Dickens', BBC-2's three part dramatized documentary television series written and presented by Peter Ackroyd.
  • 'Scrooge Blues' and Not So Tiny Tim' By Nicholas McInerny BBC Radio Four, December 2002 - Review by Robert Giddings
  • Nicholas Nickleby (2002) - Film written and directed by Douglas McGrath - Review by Robert Giddings
  • Dickens and the Great Unmentionable - A Paper delivered by Professor Robert Giddings, of Bournemouth University at Birkbeck College, University of London, on 20th March 2004, as a contribution to a conference on Dickens and Sex, held at the University of London Institute of English Studies.
  • Pickwick Papers - BBC Radio Four Classic Serial, December 2004 (336k pdf file)
  • Soft Soaping Dickens: Andrew Davies, BBC-1 and 'Bleak House' - Giddings examines the popular belief that were Dickens alive today he would be writing soap operas for television

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Books and E-Text

• Project Gutenberg - Dickens' works online
• Bibliomanio - More Dickens' works online
• David Copperfield is available in html on George Valsanis' beautifully done site
• The Life of Charles Dickens - By John Forster (1872-74)
• World Wide School - Dickens major and minor works online
• Classic Bookshelf's Dickens Page - A great way to read Dickens online, check this out!
• Marley's Ghost by Mark Osmun - San Francisco Chronicle review of Mark's new book, a prequel to A Christmas Carol, telling Marley's story
• Classic Reader - Charles Dickens
• Dickens' Speeches - World Wide School
• The English Letters Collection: The Letters of Charles Dickens - from InteLex
• Discovering Dickens - A Community Reading Project: Stanford University, serialization of Dickens' Great Expectations, more (12/02)
• The University of Adelaide Australia - Dickens E-Books online
• Scrooge & Cratchit: An original short story conceived as a sequel to A Christmas Carol by Matt McHugh
• Free E-text - The Free Library:Dickens
  
• Dickens-Literature.com - Dickens works, indexed and searchable: also contains a biography, related articles, and quotes
• A Christmas Carol in Latin: phaselus.org.uk - A Website helping to preserve the Latin language
• The Podcasts of Charles Dickens - Have Dickens read to you! A great site by Nathaniel Tapley
• Boz in Egypt - Dickens' visit to southern Illinois in 1842 is explored in this article by Herbert Channick
• Dickens and more at Real Reads - retold classics aimed at children ages 8-12.
• Dickens at Planet eBook - Free classic literature to download and share
• Freeclassicebooks.com - Free Dickens' works in pdf format
• Shmoop.com - a learning and teaching resource - Search Dickens

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Dickens Web-Based Activities

• Dickens E-mail discussion group: Inimitable Boz - we plan to organise group reads of Dickens' novels, short stories, etc, etc! - Judy Geater
• Charles Dickens Quiz - based on the popular TV show - No money but lots of fun!
• BBC Survive Dickens' London Game

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Other Good Dickens Resources

• Where was Dickens? A fascinating chronology compiled by Phillip Currah
• Remember - A Tribute to David Copperfield
• Gina Dalfonzo's DickensBlog
• Charles Dickens: The Life of the Author - The New York Public Library (excellent photos from the Berg Collection)
• Charles Dickens - By Ritva Raesmaa: Many good Dickens links
• The Victorian Dictionary - Lee Jackson
• A Journal of the Life of Charles Dickens - Kirk Witmer's very interesting year by year timeline of Dickens' life
• Gad's Hill Place - by Perry Internet Consulting
• Victorian Station-Charles Dickens - Attractive and informative site on everything Victorian
• Pauline Dubelbeis: The World of Charles Dickens
• The Robert D. Fellman Dickens Collection - A Resource for Scholars
• BBC Dickens Page
• "Dickens" - The Story of the Man, the Writer, and the Victorian London He Immortalized - PBS
• Easy to Read Magazine - Book Corner: Dickens - Silvina Hunter's site for those learning English
• The Novels of Charles Dickens - Analysis and links
• Charles Dickens - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Dickens at Westminster Abbey

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Note concerning links to external sites:

In linking to other web sources I have tried to include only sites of a scholarly or informational nature which further the reader's understanding and enjoyment of Dickens' life and works. Sites of a commercial nature, while of interest to many, have been excluded.

If you have a Dickens resource that you would like to see linked here, or if you notice that any of the links above are no longer available let me know

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