Charles Dickens Gad's Hill Place

This is the place to learn about the life and work of Charles Dickens. It's also home to the largest collection of Dickens quotations on the web as well as the Daily Dose of Dickens.

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THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS

The Work of Charles Dickens

Staplehurst Railway Accident In June of 1865 Charles Dickens had a brush with death. While he survived, others weren't as lucky. Ten people died and forty were injured in the Staplehurst railway accident. Learn More

Oliver Twist

Gad's Hill Place When he was a boy, Charles Dickens and his father took a walk through Kent. On Gravesend Road they passed a house called Gad's Hill Place. Later it would become his home.

The Childhood of Charles DickensThe parents of Charles Dickens could afford an advanced education for one of their children. They considered the talents and qualifications of all their children. It was as if they were placing all their bets on one child. When the decision was made, Charles was not that child. Learn More

A Christmas Carol Learn more about Dickens's most popular work, A Christmas Carol.

Our Mutual Friend The Mystery of Edwin Drood is famous because it's the novel that Dickens was working on when he died. Do you know the name of the last novel that Dickens completed? It was Our Mutual Friend. Learn about Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

How Well Do You Know the Work of Charles Dickens? We added a quiz for the Dickens aficionado! Here you’ll find the first lines of ten of Dickens’s works. You’re given three choices for each of the starting lines. It’s fun, but it’s challenging! Charles Dickens Quiz - Opening Lines to the Novels of Charles Dickens