Rochester Dickens Festival

23/7/2010

CHARLES DICKENS

born 7 February 1812
died 9 June 1870

The whole point of the Dickens festivals is to celebrate Dickens and his connections with Rochester. There is a huge amount of information in print and on the web, but if you only visit one Dickens website, make it David Perdue's Charles Dickens page

Dickens had many connections with the south East - there is an interesting feature on some of them on the 'Culture 24' website

2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth - more information about the planned celebrations can be found on the Dickens 2012 website

Charles Dickens as a child,from 'The Life of Charles Dickens' by John Forster (Household Edition), published about 1875

Charles Dickens as a child

Charles Dickens aged 27, from 'The Life of Charles Dickens' by John Forster (Household Edition), published about 1875

Charles Dickens as a young man, aged 27

Charles Dickens in later life, courtesy of www.copyright-free-pictures.org.uk/

Charles Dickens as we know him

ROCHESTER DICKENS FESTIVAL

CHARLES DICKENS