Dickens turns 200
by Emily Nicholls on 07/02/2012 14:43:59 in CorpComms Online | share me: del.icio.us | digg | reddit | Tweet
Britain celebrates the birthday of one of its great authors
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So, Google's 'Google doodle' tells me it's Charles Dickens' 200th birthday today!
Indeed it is. The novelist was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812. He died on 9 June 1870 (so there's no need to send him a card).
That's a relief. So which title was his best-selling novel?
A Tale of Two Cities, which has sold more than 200 million copies to date.
Blimey! That's pretty hefty. Talking of big numbers, didn't Dickens father quite a few offspring.
He fathered no fewer than ten. He had his first in 1837, and his tenth arrived in 1852.
A busy man. And what is being done to commemorate his big day?
Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and the Archbishop of Canterbury were among the people who paid tribute to the novelist today by laying wreaths where he is buried, in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey.
What else is being done to celebrate his life?
The Museum of London has been running a 'Dickens and London' exhibition to celebrate the life and works of Dickens, and the city that inspired much of his writings.
Has the museum done anything unusual?
It launched a 'Dickens: Dark London' iPhone and iPad app, which takes users 'on a journey through the darker side of Charles Dickens' London', say the creators.
That sounds intriguing. Has the exhibition been popular so far?
It has had almost 20,000 visitors since it opened in December. And it is the first major Dickens exhibition in the UK since the 1970s.
Where in London did Dickens live during his life?
Where didn't he live more like! All over the place: Camden Town, Devonshire Terrace (near Marylebone), Holborn, Wellington Street just off the Strand, and Lant Street by Borough High Street, to name a few of his addresses.
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