Comments About This Site

Awesome Library - "Provides a creative and engaging biography of Charles Dickens"

Britannica.com - "Enthusiastic and informative"

Education World  - "What better place to begin your exploration of Dickens online than at Charles Dickens Gad's Hill Place, the author's home? This site . . . emphasizes the value of teaching Dickens to young readers and introduces an approach that will likely appeal to them.

In brief, easily digestible sections, Gad's Hill Place highlights the childhood events and dreams that shaped Dickens's life as well as the values that influenced his writing. It introduces Dickens's friends as well as his work, and short quotes scattered throughout the site gently introduce students to the author's style and vocabulary."  - December 1999

Talking Hands Award - We started in the Dickens emporium and continued through his life and works finding a wealth of interaction for us, while our children played the games, took part in the poll and sent greeting cards. The daily doses, quotes and the online texts and works provided an in depth taste of Charles Dickens.  - Reviewer June 2003

Wendell Mayo - "Charles Dickens, Gad's Hill Place is a beautiful web site: a smooth design and a supportive and encouraging tone for readers of Dickens, from those who may be first reading his work to those who come back to it again and again. Congratulations on such a valuable contribution!" February 2001

The Times - " . . . essential browsing for any Dickens fan" - December 2000