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Charles Dickens Dickens set much of his work in his contemporary landscapes and it is fun to search for some of these settings and read relevant passages at those sites. Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812 and the house is preserved as it would have been in 1809 when his parents moved in. However London is the place most associated with him and his house in Doughty Street contains his own furnishings, manuscripts and letters. Dickens also had links with Kent all his life most notably with Rochester and Broadstairs. |
Rochester has a museum in his house (Eastgate House) and an interesting recreation of a prison ship in the local museum. Gads Hill, where Dickens lived at the time of his death is also open to the public. Click on this link for a list of places in Rochester used by Dickens in his works. Towards the end of June there is a Dickens Festival in Broadstairs, a town that Dickens visited often. He used it for many settings, most notably Bleak House. There is also a Dickens Museum here.