In this house in Holborn, where he lived in the late 1830's with his wife Catherine Hogarth and the first 3 of their 10 children, Charles Dickens completed The Pickwick Papers and wrote the entirety of Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. Today it is a fascinating museum restored to how the residence appeared at the time of their occupancy and featuring many of Dickens' personal items. An incredibly prolific author, Dickens achieved great fame in his lifetime, becoming the first literary megastar with fans worldwide clamoring for his output as it was published.
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Entry hall to the Dickens home.
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Dining Room
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Charles and Catherine
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In this chair, at this desk, albeit in a later home, Dickens wrote
A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and Our Mutual Friend. |
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Miniature of a young Dickens, by Margaret Gillies
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The Drawing Room, with Dickens' favorite armchair at right.
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Court suit worn by Dickens at a reception hosted by
Edward, Prince of Wales, at St. James's Palace in 1870,
the year Dickens died (age 58).
2020 is the 150th anniversary of his death. |
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1858 photo of Dickens giving a public reading.
Colorized in 2020. |
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This is the earliest surviving photo (also recently colorized),
from 1852 at age 40.
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