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Jun 21, 2019 · In his Little Dorrit (serialized between December 1855 – June 1857), Dickens described the Marshalsea thus: “It was a hot summer day, and the prison rooms were baking between the high walls.”. And in Dickens’ eyes, Wall Street was a “narrow thoroughfare, baking and blistering in the sun.”.
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Feb 14, 2012 · On Valentine's Day, 1842, New York hosted one of the grandest events the city had ever seen - a ball in honour of the English novelist Charles Dickens. Dickens was only 30, but works such as...
Dec 24, 2018 · O n February 12, 1842, after a triumphal three-week stay in Boston and gala receptions and dinners in Worcester, Springfield, and Hartford, Charles Dickens—universally known by his pseudonym, “Boz”—landed at South Street in lower Manhattan on the packet New York from New Haven.
Feb 14, 2012 · In late March, Charles and Catherine moved into 48 Doughty Street; to recover from the death of Mary Hogarth on 7 May, the couple spent two weeks at Collins's Farm, Hampstead; in July, the couple stayed at the Hotel Rignolle, Calais; in September, they holidayed in Broadstairs on the English Channel.
Dickens shuttled between Boston and New York, where he gave 22 readings at Steinway Hall. Although he had started to suffer from what he called the "true American catarrh", he kept to a schedule that would have challenged a much younger man, even managing to squeeze in some sleighing in Central Park. [155]
Dec 9, 2022 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (map G-11) March 5-9, 1842. Dickens stayed at the United States Hotel on Chestnut Street. American Notes - The journey from New York to Philadelphia, is made by railroad, and two ferries; and usually occupies between five and six hours (American Notes, p. 97).
The buildings were demolished in the late 1950's and replaced by an office block on the corner of Marylebone Road and Marylebone High Street. There is a sculptural frieze depicting Dickens and some of his characters on the building which now stands on the site.
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