His
Friends - Ellen Ternan, Wilkie Collins, John Forster and more.
Law Clerk to
Journalist - Learn about the careers that Dickens had before he
became an author.
Maria
Beadnell - Read about the first love of Charles Dickens and find
out what characters she inspired in his writing.
His Marriage
- Did you know that in 1858 Charles Dickens and his wife were legally separated?
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.
Mesmerism
- Learn how Dickens studied and practiced mesmerism.
Bonfire at
Gad's Hill Place - In September of 1860, behind his home at Gad's
Hill Place, Charles Dickens tried to cover his tracks.