Catherine Dickens

Catherine Thomson "Kate" Dickens (née Hogarth; 19 May 1815 – 22 November 1879) was the wife of English novelist Charles Dickens, and the mother of ten of his children.

Early life

Born in Edinburgh in Scotland in 1815, Catherine came to England with her family in 1824. She was the eldest daughter of 10 children of George Hogarth, a journalist for the Edinburgh Courant, later becoming a writer and music critic for the Morning Chronicle where Dickens was a young journalist and later the editor of the Evening Chronicle. They became engaged in 1835 and were married on 2 April 1836 in St Luke's Church, Chelsea and honeymooned in Chalk, near Chatham in Kent. They set up a home in Bloomsbury, and went on to have ten children.

Catherine's sister Mary Hogarth entered Dickens's Doughty Street household to offer support to her newly married sister and brother-in-law. It was not unusual for the unwed sister of a new wife to live with and help a newly married couple. Dickens became very attached to Mary, and she died in his arms after a brief illness in 1837. She became a character in many of his books, and her death is fictionalised as the death of Little Nell.

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Miss Havisham a Sydneysider? Dickens' Australian links get an airing

The Guardian 07 Feb 2018

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Reinventing Dickens for Christmas

RTE 16 Dec 2017

In fact, Dickens repeatedly plays second fiddle in this supposed biopic ... Dickens’s concessions to friends and relations at the end of the film include him responding positively to the interventions of his neglected wife, Catherine. Although small hints of marital strife gesture forwards to Dickens’s cruel treatment and separation from Catherine, they are too minimal to cast a cloud over the rosy final sequence. ....

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Debut author writes fanciful book about Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

The Oklahoman 10 Dec 2017

Dickens and His Carol” by Samantha Silva (Flatiron Books, 288 pages, in stores) ... Dickens and His Carol" is a fictional account of how Charles Dickens came to write "A Christmas Carol ." ... While Dickens is beside himself with worry, his wife, Catherine, is spending large amounts of money on their annual Christmas party, even going so far as to order an expensive tree from Germany....

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A Christmas Carol review – Dickens's social ills touch the mind but not the heart

The Guardian 07 Dec 2017

A Christmas Carol review – Dickens's social ills touch the mind but not the heart ... The great thing about Dickens’s fable, which has spawned 250 film and stage versions in the last 70 years alone, is that it is infinitely adaptable ... Catherine Jayes’s music mixes trad and modern, the staging is lively and Dickens’s message about the need to treat poverty as a rectifiable evil rather than a moral failing comes through loud and clear....

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Did His Secret Love Lead Charles Dickens To Burn His Most Private Letters?

The Daily Beast 15 Oct 2017

Charles Dickens' desire to keep secret an affair with a young actress helped lead him, in 1860, to light a bonfire and burn 20 years worth of his letters and papers ... But Charles Dickens realized something that his fellow masters failed to see—if you want to deny the world your private thoughts, the only way to ensure the job is done right, as the saying goes, is to do the dirty deed yourself ... Dickens would not be pleased....

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Time to level our elitist playing field

The Guardian 26 Sep 2017

The Social Mobility Employer Index is a step in the right direction, says Catherine McGuinness, and Julian Dickens fact-checks Oxbridge entrance statistics. Race issues. Time to level our elitist playing field ... The Social Mobility Employer Index is a step in the right direction, says Catherine McGuinness, and Julian Dickens fact-checks Oxbridge entrance statistics. Your report (Revealed ... Peter Riddell ... Catherine McGuinness ... Julian Dickens ... ....

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Turning Pages: The Dickens of a house that tells plenty of stories

Sydney Morning Herald 21 Sep 2017

Charles Dickens moved here in 1837 when he was 25, with his new wife Catherine and their baby son ... The library and writing room in the Charles Dickens Museum, London. Photo ... This was a fine house with 12 rooms on four floors, and, thanks to the Dickens Fellowship, which has turned ... Charles Dickens was always the centre of attention. Photo....

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Cynthia Ann ‘Candy’ Curran, dead at 71, never forgot her Chicago roots

Chicago Sun-Times 09 Jun 2017

Candy Curran with Gerard, her husband of 45 years (left), and sons Chris and Justin . ... Her family buried her with a picture of a favorite Irish setter named Joe Reilly and one of her Department 56 Dickens Village Christmas houses ... “Candy showed up with this burst of freshness,” said her sister-in-law Catherine Tomasiewicz ... ... She had so many Dickens Village components, “They had to store it in a storage locker,” Catherine Tomasiewicz said....

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Mary Tom Bass: New classes set to begin at ECC

Rocky Mount Telegram 12 Feb 2017

In an effort to meet students’ needs, new eight-week classes begin March 7 at Edgecombe Community College. Fall and spring semester classes are 16 weeks long. The college has offered eight-week classes during the second eight weeks of the semester for several years ... 255 ... The Barter Players will perform “Great Expectations,” based on the novel by Charles Dickens and adapted for the stage by Catherine Bush ... 187 ... ....

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ECC to present 'Great Expectations' at Keihin Auditorium

Rocky Mount Telegram 09 Feb 2017

Edgecombe Community College is expecting great things from an upcoming production of “Great Expectations” that will be presented Feb. 16 at the Keihin Auditorium ... These folks are very good.” ... On Feb. 16, The Barter Players will demonstrate their skills in Tarboro as they perform “Great Expectations,” based on the novel by Charles Dickens and adapted for the stage by Catherine Bush ... 187 . ....

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Anti-Santa: the best alternative Christmas films on TV

The Guardian 22 Dec 2016

When citing the best Charles Dickens film adaptation, some opt for David Lean’s Great Expectations, others for 1951’s Christmas Carol. But I’m sticking with Oliver!, Carol Reed’s boisterous presentation of the Lionel Bart musical, which has been synonymous with Dickens ever since I first watched it as a kid and assumed he must have written all the songs as well ... 22 Jump Street, chosen by Catherine Shoard....

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What it’s like to be mistaken for a hated public figure on Twitter

New Statesman 06 Dec 2016

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DICKENS, BRUCE DOUGLAS

Richmond Times Dispatch 23 Nov 2016

DICKENS, Bruce Douglas, 72, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2016, after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Reginald and Mildred Dickens....

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