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Would Dickens recognise Great Expectations landscape?
If Dickens returned to Thames Marshes would he see the same landscape which inspired Great Expectations?
Charles Dickens' fame boosts Kent's economy 200 years on
“Rags to riches” novelist Charles Dickens spent his childhood in poverty but became a major commercial success during his lifetime. In 2012 he is set to continue boosting income for Kent, a place that inspired much of his work.
Charles Dickens house in Rochester opens hidden nooks
Closed sections of an Elizabethan town house in Kent featured in the work of Charles Dickens are being opened to the public for one day only.
In the footsteps of Charles Dickens
A sense of place was a key element in the novels. As the bicentenary of the Charles Dickens’s birth approaches, Nigel Richardson urges a visit to a new exhibition on Dickensian London, and offers a guide to other sites.
Kent prepares for Charles Dickens bicentenary events
The Victorian author spent some of his youth in Chatham, had holidays in Broadstairs and died in Higham, near Rochester. Many of his stories are set in or inspired by Kent.
Charles Dickens market in Rochester attracts thousands
More than 200,000 people have attended the Charles Dickens Christmas Market in the Kent town which has strong connections to the Victorian author.
The Kent that Charles Dickens knew, 150 years on from Great Expectations
… the locations in Kent, Charles Dickens’s home territory, that bring one of his best-loved books vividly to life.
The Leather Bottle, Cobham
Charles Dickens visited The Leather Bottle a nimber of times, even writing part of The Pickwick Papers there…
In pictures: Charles Dickens' home Gad's Hill in Kent
On the 141st anniversary of Charles Dickens’ death, a project has begun which will allow his former home in Higham near Rochester, Gad’s Hill Place, to be open to the public.
Charles Dickens' Gad's Hill Place to be open to public for first time
Charles Dickens’ former home Gad’s Hill Place is to be opened to the public for the first time since his death in 1870. The Grade I-listed Georgian property in Higham, near Rochester, is where the author wrote such classics as Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities.
Blaze that gutted Dickens pub WAS arson
A fire that destroyed an historic pub frequented by Charles Dickens was started deliberately, inquiries have revealed.
Dickens pub destroyed in massive fire
A road closed after a blaze gutted an iconic pub frequented by Charles Dickens finally reopened this morning. London Road in Strood was cordoned off while structural engineers assessed the 12th Century Crispin and Crispianus. Builders are hoping it can be saved after a massive fire.
