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
|
| 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.
|