Charles Dickens 1812-1870
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- 1856
- Charles Dickens is increasingly unhappy in general and in his marriage. He writes to his friend Forster: "I find the skeleton in my domestic closet is becoming a pretty big one."
- Aug 1857
- Charles Dickens performs in the play The Frozen Deep with Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, with whom he begins a relationship that will continue until his death.
- Apr 1858
- Charles Dickens begins performing paid readings of his works, especially A Christmas Carol. An enthusiastic and skilled performer, he will give some 470 such readings over the next decade.
- May 1858
- Charles and Catherine Dickens separate, creating a scandal that Dickens does not handle tactfully. This results in the loss of some friends, but his public popularity is mostly unaffected.
- 1860
- Charles Dickens moves out of London to a house in Gad's Hill, near his childhood home in Chatham, Kent.
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