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4 for 1! in 1835, the first Great Moon Hoax article was published; in 1836, Bret Harte was born; in 1840, Kate Dickens was christened; and in 1868, Dickens wrote to trusses makers for two pairs of elastic stockings https://t.co/kGwl4BU07N.

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2022-08-25

1854, Dickens wrote to the widow of Thomas Noon Talfourd: https://t.co/BIg1WxezMP "I well know (or have hoped so) that if I could be of the smallest service or comfort to you or to anybody dear to you, you would instinctively trust my love for my dear departed friend."

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2021-03-17

How are you getting on with your 2021 resolutions and writing goals? in 1840, Dickens writes, in a letter to John Forster, "I am thinking awfully, but not writing, as I intend (Please God) to start tomorrow".

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2021-01-11

in 1841, Dickens finishes the 38th number (chapters 69-70) of The Old Curiosity Shop. He writes, "I am slowly murdering that poor child. It wrings my heart. Yet it must be."

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2021-01-06

in 1842, Dickens commissions W. P. Frith to paint Dolly Varden and Kate Nickleby; Frith did several different paintings of Dolly over the years. The painting of Kate went missing for nearly a century after Dickens's death, disappearing into a private collection.

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2020-11-16

in 1840, Dickens finishes the 35th number of The Old Curiosity Shop. He writes to his friend John Forster that "the difficulty has been tremendous — the anguish unspeakable".

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2020-11-12

in 1840, Dickens has had a bad night's sleep after working on chapter 53 of The Old Curiosity Shop, in which Nell visits the church. He writes "All night I have been pursued by the child". He reads it to two friends at Jack Straw's castle, a pub in Hampstead

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2020-11-03

Today is the birthday of Dickens's daughter Katey, nicknamed 'Lucifer Box' by her father. Find out more about Dickens's artist daughter, from : https://t.co/S5kdgi0XWA

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2020-10-29

It's What poetry did Dickens read? Explore a new digital resource showing what was in his personal library including Keats (1 vol), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (3 vols), Robert Browning (8 vols), Wordsworth (2 vols) and Coleridge (1 vol) https://t.co/zypusqxvOV

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2020-10-01