The Queen viewed some of the museum's original material relating to Dickens' work and wider collection. The Charles Dickens Museum ... anniversary of her Reading Room initiative.

Charles Dickens developed a ritualistic routine in his domestic life, together with an obsessive approach to work, which is consistent ... he stayed in a hotel room and inspecting his children's ...

Charles Dickens lived in the 1800s, the Victorian age. Life could be hard for children then. Many had to go out to work. At 12, Dickens himself left school to work in a factory putting labels on pots.

The 77-year-old spoke of the 'thrill' of revisiting Charles Dickens' London home today, revealing her favourite book was A Tale of Two Cities as she met three of his direct descendants.

To commemorate Charles ... its partners developed the Dickens in Lowell Project. Building on the success of our 2012 bicentenary community events and award-winning public exhibition, we continue to ...

Over the course of their marriage, Charles and his wife Catherine had a grand total of ten children, and the family always got into the festive spirit. Dickens would take a week off work ...