Dickens Fellowship Web-Links
Websites of buildings associated with Dickens
The Charles Dickens Museum48 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LX
England /
- Dickens's home from 1837 to 1839
- Head Office of the Dickens Fellowship
Charles Dickens Birthplace,
Old Commercial Road
Portsmouth
England /
- Where Dickens was born on 7th February 1812
- His parents' first marital home
- Now a museum
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
St James' Church
Main Road
Cooling
Rochester
Kent ME3 8DG /
- An inspiration for the opening scene of Great Expectations
Featured on the website of the Churches Conservation Trust
Websites of Fellowship branches
Bristol and CliftonEngland /
- Founded 1902
- Organisers of the 2003 Dickens Fellowship Conference
Chatham, Kent
Canada /
- Founded 2004
Chicago
USA /
- Founded 1905
Cleveland
USA /
- Founded 1984
- Organisers of the 2009 Fellowship Conference
Denmark /
- Founded 2004
Eastbourne /
- Founded 1919
Haarlem
The Netherlands /
- Founded 1956
- Organisers of the 2006 Dickens Fellowship Conference
Japan /
- Founded 1970 (as Tokyo Branch)
Melbourne
Australia /
- Founded 1904
- Organisers of the 2004 Dickens Fellowship Conference
New South Wales
Australia /
- Founded 2004
New York City
USA /
- Founded 1905
The Friends of Dickens New York
USA /
- Founded 1998
- Organisers of the 2001 Dickens Fellowship Conference
North East England /
- Founded 2002
- Organisers of the 2008 Dickens Fellowship Conference
Palo Alto
USA /
- Founded 1975
Philadelphia
USA /
- Founded 1907
- Organisers of the 2007 Dickens Fellowship Conference
Pittsburgh
USA /
- Founded 1925
Toronto
Canada /
- Founded 1905
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'sDickens Pages
Nagoya University, Japan /
- A first-class reference site, with numerous links
- Professor Matsuoka also runs the Japan Branch site
Professor Matsuoka's
Hyper-Concordance /
- A very useful resource for scholars and students
- Other Victorian authors covered
Ritva Raesmaa's(Finland)
Dickens Pages /
- A very comprehensive site, covering all aspects of Dickens's life and works.
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.
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
The Wilkie Collins Society /
- Wilkie Collins (1824-89) was Dickens's most important literary collaborator.
The Trollope Society /
- Anthony Trollope (1815-82) was a friend of Dickens but also one of the most severe critics of his works.