Dickens Fellowship Web-Links

Websites of buildings associated with Dickens

The Charles Dickens Museum
48 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LX
England /

Dickens's home from 1837 to 1839
Head Office of the Dickens Fellowship

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Charles Dickens Birthplace,
Old Commercial Road
Portsmouth
England /

Where Dickens was born on 7th February 1812
His parents' first marital home
Now a museum

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The Dickens House Museum
2 Victoria Parade
Broadstairs
Kent CT10 1QS /

Once the home of Miss Mary Pearson Strong, on whom much of the character of Miss Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield was based.

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Restoration House
Crow Lane
Rochester
England /

Model for Miss Havisham's Satis House in Great Expectations
Beautifully restored by current owners

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St James' Church
Main Road
Cooling
Rochester
Kent ME3 8DG /

An inspiration for the opening scene of Great Expectations

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Featured on the website of the Churches Conservation Trust

Websites of Fellowship branches

Bristol and Clifton
England /

Founded 1902
Organisers of the 2003 Dickens Fellowship Conference

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Chatham, Kent
Canada /

Founded 2004

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Chicago
USA /

Founded 1905

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Cleveland
USA /

Founded 1984
Organisers of the 2009 Fellowship Conference

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Denmark /

Founded 2004

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Eastbourne /

Founded 1919

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Haarlem
The Netherlands /

Founded 1956
Organisers of the 2006 Dickens Fellowship Conference

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Japan /

Founded 1970 (as Tokyo Branch)

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Melbourne
Australia /

Founded 1904
Organisers of the 2004 Dickens Fellowship Conference

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New South Wales
Australia /

Founded 2004

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New York City
USA /

Founded 1905

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The Friends of Dickens New York
USA /

Founded 1998
Organisers of the 2001 Dickens Fellowship Conference

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North East England /

Founded 2002
Organisers of the 2008 Dickens Fellowship Conference

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Palo Alto
USA /

Founded 1975

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Philadelphia
USA /

Founded 1907
Organisers of the 2007 Dickens Fellowship Conference

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Pittsburgh
USA /

Founded 1925

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Toronto
Canada /

Founded 1905

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Worcester
USA /

Founded 1932

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A member's website

Dickens-and-London /

Guides to walks in the London of Dickens, created by Sue Gane, a member of the central group.

Other Useful Sites

The English Association /

over 100 years at the forefront of English

Major Reference Sites

Professor Matsuoka's
Dickens Pages
Nagoya University, Japan /

A first-class reference site, with numerous links
Professor Matsuoka also runs the Japan Branch site

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Professor Matsuoka's
Hyper-Concordance /

A very useful resource for scholars and students
Other Victorian authors covered

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Ritva Raesmaa's(Finland)
Dickens Pages /

A very comprehensive site, covering all aspects of Dickens's life and works.

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David Purdue's
Charles Dickens Pages /

Another very comprehensive site, including an A-Z of every Dickens character.

Other Sites on Dickens and his Works

Dickens Journals Online /

Details of the project based at the University of Buckingham to put Dickens's Household Words and All the Year Round online by 2012.

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Charles Dickens - Gad's Hill Place /

An informative and friendly site on a variety of topics related to Dickens.

Other Literary Societies

Charles Dickens-Gesellschaft Deutschland e.V. /

Founded in 2008

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The Wilkie Collins Society /

Wilkie Collins (1824-89) was Dickens's most important literary collaborator.

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The Trollope Society /

Anthony Trollope (1815-82) was a friend of Dickens but also one of the most severe critics of his works.