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What was Dickens's opinion of drinking? 1842, Dickens defends that many of his characters drink: "They do not prosper in their fortunes, because of this taste (far from it), but in spite of it, through their better nature." Read the full letter: https://t.co/hSYUuzAsa4

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2020-09-01

in 1838 Dickens writes to Thomas Noon Talfourd that he's "chained" at home finishing Oliver Twist. "I can only imperfectly console myself with the hope that when you see “Oliver” you will ... approve my self-denial..." Read the full letter: https://t.co/iJVjjM0Vqw

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2020-07-15

in 1840, Dickens was hard at work on The Old Curiosity Shop: "I [...] have been obliged on sunny mornings to put a strong and resolute constraint upon myself, and to keep the shadow of my Giant Work perpetually before me." https://t.co/HwmwWitrDY

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2020-06-25

Today we're joining with Dickens's wishes, expressed in 1868 to Fanny Kemble, daughter of the actor Charles Kemble: "Accept my best wishes for your prosperity and happiness and for the welfare of those who are dearest to you." https://t.co/s0WikkSGHJ

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2020-04-20

"... and I shall never cease, I hope, until I die, to advocate their being made as happy and as wise as the circumstances of their condition in its utmost improvement, will admit of their becoming ... I try to deserve their attention" [2/3]

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2020-04-03

It’s Mother’s Day in the UK today. Dickens had a complicated relationship with his mother, Elizabeth Dickens. In 1839 he rented his parents a cottage in Devon, away from London, and they felt exiled, writing him “hateful, sneering letters".

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2020-03-22

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth.

Did you know that he hated sitting for photographs and portraits? Accounts from people who knew him can’t even agree on the colour of his eyes.

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2020-02-07

in 1838, Dickens set off from London by coach to visit the Yorkshire schools. This research trip was the basis for Nicholas Nickleby, which was serialised from March 1838: https://t.co/ecR5Sjze4r

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2020-01-30