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

Inscription. Novelist
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. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. In Memory of Auxiliary Firemen (within shouting distance of this marker); Dorothy Richardson (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); William Butler Yeats (about 90 meters away); Robert Owen (about 90 meters away); Ali Mohammed Abbas (about 120 meters away); Welcome to Tavistock Square (about 120 meters away); Virginia Woolf (about 150 meters away); John Maynard Keynes (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camden.

Also see . . .
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
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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 writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. (Submitted on December 3, 2017.)

2. Tavistock House (Victorian Web). (Submitted on December 3, 2017.)

Charles Dickens Marker - Wide View image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, October 11, 2017

2. Charles Dickens Marker - Wide View

Charles Dickens image. Click for full size.

Photoprint by J. Gurney & Son (image courtesy of the Library of Congress), circa 1867

3. Charles Dickens

<i>Tavistock House</i> image. Click for full size.

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

Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 673 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 3, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 4. submitted on December 3, 2017.