Charles Dickens

Edgar Allan Poe carte de visite after Mathew Brady, as published by Edward Anthony in New York, c. early 1860s, known as the “Ultima Thule” portrait (estimate: $10,000-$15,000)
Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln Letters Lead University Archives Auction
An Edgar Allan Poe carte de visite from the early 1860s taken four days after the poet’s attempted suicide in 1848 features in University Archives’ online Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books &
Barnaby Rudge made from Newgate Prison wood
Unseen Charles Dickens Items on Display for First Time
Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City is a new exhibition exploring the city which inspired
Dickens Hallowe'en promotional image
Hallowe'en and Christmas Events at the Charles Dickens Museum
Tickets for Hallowe'en and Christmas events at the Charles Dickens Museum in London go on sale on October 1 with one-man performances of Dickens’s stories by
Charles Dickens's Writing Chalet
Rare Chance to Visit Charles Dickens's Writing Chalet
Charles Dickens's writing chalet in Rochester which is currently closed will open briefly as part of the Heritag
Charles Dickens to Thomas Beard, Devonshire Terrace, June 21, 1849 (detail)
Charles Dickens's Summer Holiday Letters Go On Show
The Charles Dickens Museum today reveals the author's views on summer in the city, his favourite holidays and ingenious efforts to cool off during a hot Bri
The copy of Winnie-the-Pooh inscribed by Milne on the front free endpaper
A. A. Milne Inscribed Pooh Books Lead Gorringe's Auction
The Pickwick Papers, A. A. Milne's Pooh books, Jonathan Swift, and Samuel Johnson's Dictionary will all go under the hammer at Gorringe’s next month.
Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio (London: Printed [by Robert Roberts, Robert Everingham, and John Macock] for H[enry]. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1685). Sold for $140,800
Unrecorded Shakespeare Fourth Folio Tops Freeman's Two Day Books Sale
Leading the latest Freeman’s Books and Manuscripts sales was The Library of Stephen J.
Charles Dickens television series logo
BBC Announces Major New Series on Charles Dickens for National Year of Reading
A new three-part BBC television series will explores the life and inspirations of the novelist, journalist and social campaigner
Silk stockings belonging to Charles Dickens
Rare Charles Dickens Clothing Goes on Show
Some of the very few surviving pieces of clothing belonging to Charles Dickens will go on show later this week in a new display at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
Little Nell – the beautiful child in her gentle slumber- tide by Samuel Williams. Through her deathbed scene, Dickens channelled his grief for the death of his 17-year-old sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth. Dickens’s feedback to Williams was to make Nell childish and her surroundings grim to create a starker contrast.
Unpublished Charles Dickens Fan Letter Opens New Exhibition on Women in His Life
A new exhibition opening today at the London home of Charles Dickens brings tog