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Founded in London in 1902, The Dickens Fellowship is a worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of the novelist, journalist and social reformist Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
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@dickensfellowhq.bsky.socialToday I’m up bright(ish) and early and on the train to London for #dickensday - every year Dickens scholars and enthusiasts from around the world descend on Senate House; this year’s theme is “Dickens and family”, be that his own family or the relationships depicted in his writing.
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Show PostCharles Dickens died at Gad’s Hill Place on the 9th June 1870, aged just 58. He fell ill while dining with his sister-in-law Georgina on the evening of June 8th and remained in the dining room until his death the following day. He is buried in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey.
Show PostFred Barnard, artist, cartoonist & Dickens illustrator, was born on this day in 1846. Here's his famous 'Sydney Carton' from the Character Sketches from Dickens (1879), which inspired J.B. Handelsman's 'Sydney Carton Refuses to Go to the Guillotine without his Cat', The New Yorker, 20 May 1991.
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