Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children.
Charles Dickens, as a younger man
Catherine Dickens, 1838
Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley’s ghost, A Christmas Carol
Grip, the Raven from Barnaby Rudge
Freddy Bartholomew, in the MGM version of David Copperfield
Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children.
Portrait of Dickens, circa 1850
Catherine Hogarth Dickens, 1852
Georgina Hogarth and Dickens’ daughter Mamie
Charles Dickens, far right in hat, with daughters, Georgina on steps and guests at Gad’s Hill Place.
Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey.
Catherine Dickens and daughter Dora’s grave, Newgate Cemetery, London
