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Buildings associated with Dickens
The Charles Dickens Museum
48 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LX
England
  • Dickens's home from 1837 to 1839
  • Head Office of the Dickens Fellowship
Charles Dickens Birthplace
Old Commercial Road
Portsmouth
England
  • Where Dickens was born on 7th February 1812
  • His parents' first marital home
  • Now a museum
The Dickens House Museum
2 Victoria Parade
Broadstairs
Kent CT10 1QS
  • Once the home of Miss Mary Pearson Strong, on whom much of the character of Miss Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield was based.
Restoration House
Crow Lane
Rochester
England
  • Model for Miss Havisham's Satis House in Great Expectations
  • Beautifully restored by current owners
St James' Church, Cooling, Kent
- featured on the website of the Churches Conservation Trust.
  • An inspiration for the opening scene of Great Expectations
Branch Sites  
Bristol and Clifton
England
  • Founded 1902
  • Organisers of the 2003 Dickens Fellowship Conference
Chatham, Kent
Canada
  • Founded 2004
Chicago
USA
  • Founded 1905
Cleveland
USA
  • Founded 1984
  • Organisers of the 2009 Fellowship Conference
Denmark
  • Founded 2004
Haarlem
The Netherlands
  • Founded 1956
  • Organisers of the 2006 Dickens Fellowship Conference
Japan
  • Founded 1970 (as Tokyo Branch)
Melbourne
Australia
  • Founded 1904
  • Organisers of the 2004 Dickens Fellowship Conference
New York Friends of Dickens
USA
  • Founded 1998
  • Organisers of the 2001 Dickens Fellowship Conference
North East England
  • Founded 2002

Palo Alto
USA

  • Founded 1975
Philadelphia
USA
  • Founded 1907
  • Organisers of the 2007 Dickens Fellowship Conference
Pittsburgh
USA
  • Founded 1925
Toronto
Canada
  • Founded 1905
Worcester
USA
  • Founded 1932
Member Sites
Eating Out With Dickens
  • The guide to pubs, hotels and restaurants associated with Dickens, published by two members of the Rochester Dickens Fellowship.
Dickens-and-London
  • Guides to walks in the London of Dickens, created by Sue Gane, a member of the central group.
Inspector F.J. Dickens
  • Information about the life of one of Dickens's sons, on the website of David J Carter, a member of the central group. A review of Dr Carter's book on Inspector Dickens was published in the Summer 2004 issue of The Dickensian (No. 463 Vol 100 Part 2).
Major Reference Sites
Professor Matsuoka's
Dickens Pages
Nagoya University, Japan
  • A first-class reference site, with numerous links
  • Professor Matsuoka also runs the Japan Branch site
Professor Matsuoka's
Hyper-Concordance
  • A very useful resource for scholars and students
  • Other Victorian authors covered
Ritva Raesmaa's (Finland)
Dickens Pages
  • A very comprehensive site, covering all aspects of Dickens's life and works.
David Purdue's
Charles Dickens Pages
  • Another very comprehensive site, including an A-Z of every Dickens character.
Other Sites on Dickens and his Works
Dickens Journals Online
  • Details of the project based at the University of Buckingham to put Dickens's Household Words and All the Year Round online by 2012.
Charles Dickens - Gad's Hill Place
  • An informative and friendly site on a variety of topics related to Dickens.
Other Literary Societies
The Wilkie Collins Society
  • Wilkie Collins (1824-89) was Dickens's most important literary collaborator.
The Trollope Society
  • Anthony Trollope (1815-82) was a friend of Dickens but also one of the most severe critics of his works.

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