Category: Relatives and descendants
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Dickens celebrated on the Isle of Wight
Last month, Ian Dickens, great-great-grandson of the author and former president of the Dickens Fellowship, hosted…
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Dickens Museum acquires letters from Georgina Hogarth
The museum recently purchased a collection of 120 letters written by Dickens's sister-in-law to journalist Charles…
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Happy 212th birthday, Charles Dickens!
Shortly after his birthday in 1868, Charles Dickens wrote to his daughter Mamie, "I couldn't help…
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Dickens on the Isle of Wight
A new short film, "Dickens Island," celebrates Charles Dickens's connection with the Isle of Wight and…
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Thirty years of ‘A Christmas Carol’
Gerald Dickens is celebrating a milestone anniversary — he's been performing his great-great-grandfather's A Christmas Carol…
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‘Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth’: A review
Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth: A curious and enduring relationship by Christine Skelton (Manchester University Press, 2023)…
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When Dickens crossed the bar
Today marks the 153rd anniversary of Charles Dickens's death. His daughter Mamie later wrote of it…
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Dickens on British TV
Acclaimed actress Miriam Margolyes is not a fan of Christmas, but she is famously a fan…
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Dickens the intrepid traveler
Lucinda Hawksley gave a nice long interview to The Sunday Post to promote her newest book about her…
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From the book pile
The Dickens Boy by Thomas Keneally (Atria Books, 2022) A novel about Edward "Plorn" Dickens, sent to…