Dickens is a name synonymous with the cold, winding, dark streets of Victorian England; colourful and eccentric ... He also kept Catherine busy with their 10 children. In June 1865, Dickens ...

A chalk and pastel sketch of Dickens at the time when he was living in Doughty Street A collection of rarely-seen items connected to 19th century writer Charles Dickens are to go on show at the ...

Charles Dickens lived in the 1800s, the Victorian age. Life could be hard for children then. Many had to go out to work. At 12, Dickens himself left school to work in a factory putting labels on pots.