Bloomsbury in Camden in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Charles Dickens
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 11, 2017
1. Charles Dickens Marker
Lived in Tavistock
House near this
site
1851 - 1860
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 51° 31.548′ N, 0° 7.735′ W. Marker is in Camden, England, in Greater London. It is in Bloomsbury. It is at the intersection of Tavistock Square and Endsleigh Place, on the right when traveling north on Tavistock Square. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Camden, England WC1H 9LG, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tavistock Square Bus Bombing Memorial (a few steps from this marker); In Memory of Auxiliary Firemen (within shouting distance of this marker); Otto Schiff (within shouting distance of this
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1. Charles Dickens (Wikipedia). Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity....Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 11, 2017
2. Charles Dickens Marker - Wide View
2. Tavistock House (Victorian Web). (Submitted on December 3, 2017.)
Photoprint by J. Gurney & Son (image courtesy of the Library of Congress), circa 1867
3. Charles Dickens
circa 1880
4. Tavistock House
'While living at Tavistock House, Dickens wrote Bleak House, Hard Times For These Times, Little Dorrit, and A Tale of Two Cities, and collaborated with Wilkie Collins on the melodrama The Frozen Deep. For the initial production of this play, as well as for The Lighthouse, and the children's plays William Tell, Tom Thumb, and Fortunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, Dickens converted the house's large schoolroom into "The Smallest Theatre in the World."...' - Victorian Web
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