readenglishbook.com » Other » The Letters of Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens [reading strategies book txt] 📗

Book online «The Letters of Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens [reading strategies book txt] 📗». Author Charles Dickens



1 ... 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Go to page:
Switzerland, i. 147, 297, and see Switzerland;
his visits to Paris, see Paris;
as a stage, manager, i. 163, 167, 231, 232, 237;
at Chester Place, Regent's Park, i. 169;
takes the chair at the opening of the Leeds Mechanics' Institute, and of the Glasgow Athenæum, i. 170;
at Brighton, i. 185, 213;
at Bonchurch, i, 204;
purchases Tavistock House, i. 240, and see Tavistock House;
as an editor, i. 246, 259, 269, 270, 285;
his readings, see Readings;
illnesses of, i. 14, 297;
his visits to Boulogne, see Boulogne;
presentation of plate to, at Birmingham, i. 348;
purchases Gad's Hill, i. 377, 414, and see Gad's Hill;
delivers a speech on Administrative Reform, i. 377;
at Folkestone, i. 377, 378;
restlessness of, when at work, i. 402, 425;
and see Letters of

Dickens, Mrs. Charles, marriage of, i. 1;
visit of, to America, i. 53;
at Rome, i. 135;
accident to, i. 215;
at Malvern, i. 239;
present to, at Birmingham, i. 298;
and see Letters

Dickens, Charles, jun., birth of, i. 4;
nickname of, i. 76;
at Eton, i. 212, 240, 243, 255, 258;
at Leipsic, i. 297, 310, 319;
at Barings', i. 455;

Dickens, Kate, nickname of, i. 76;
letters to, i. 178;

Dickens, Mamie, nickname of, i. 76;
illnesses of, i. 363, 436;

Dickens, Walter, nickname of, i. 76;
and see i. 268, 314, 378, 443

Dickens, Frank, nickname of, i. 126;

Dickens, Sydney, birth of, i. 169;
nickname of, i. 170;
death of, i. 171;
story of, i. 223;
and see i. 363;

Dickens, Edward, nicknames of, i. 322, 338;
and see i. 353, 359, 365, 403, 420, 426, 439;

Dickens, Dora, birth of, i. 213;
death of, i. 240

Dickens, Alfred, sen., i. 184, 410;

Dickens, Fanny, see Mrs. Burnett

Dickens, Frederick, i. 9

Dickens, John, i. 240, 437;

Dickson, David, letter to, i. 89

Diezman, S. A., letter to, i. 32

Dinner, a search for a, i. 326;
ladies at public dinners, i. 103

Dogs, Dickens's, i. 67, 109, 110;
a plague of, i. 292;
stories of, i. 109, 352, 354, 455

"Dombey and Son," i. 147;
success of, i. 156, 176;
sale of, i. 162

D'Orsay, Comte, i. 171, 244

Driver, Dickens's estimate of himself as a, i. 2

Drury Lane Theatre, the saloon at, i. 37;
suggestions for the saloon at, i. 52, 53


Education, Dickens an advocate of, for the people, i. 104

Eeles, Mr., letters to, i. 265, 269

Egg, Augustus, i. 170, 172, 226, 297, 320, 332

Elliotson, Dr., i. 37, 149,

Elton, Mr., i. 85, 92

Ely, Miss, letter to, i. 153

Emery, Mr., i. 429

England, state of, in 1855, i. 391;
politically, i. 406

Epitaph, Dickens's, on a little child, i. 68

Executions, Dickens on public, i. 209, 212

Exhibition, an infant school at the, i. 257


Fairy Tales, Dickens on, i. 307

Fielding, Henry, i. 394

Forgues, M., i.
415, 421

Forster, John, i. 7, 10, 134, 143, 225, 240, 268, 428;
and see Letters

Franklin, Sir John, i. 373

French portraits of the English, i. 175

Friday, Dickens's lucky day, i. 414, 429

Frith, W. P., letters to, i. 79

Funerals, Dickens on state, i. 290


Gad's Hill, purchase of, i. 377, 378, 414;
letters concerning, i. 384, 410, 429

Gaskell, Mrs., i. 214;
and see Letters

Germany, esteem felt for Dickens in, i. 32

Gibson, M., i. 315

Goldsmith, Oliver, Dickens on Forster's Life of, i. 188;
on the works of, i. 380

Grief, the perversity of, exemplified, i. 18

Grimaldi, Life of, edited by Dickens, i. 4

Guild of Literature and Art, i. 239;
theatrical performances in aid of the, i. 239, 241, 248, 252, 268, 271;


Haldimand, Mr., i. 147, 169, 212, 380;
letters to, i. 157, 254

Halleck, Fitz-Greene, i. 59

"Hard Times," i. 341;
satire of, explained, i. 349;
letters concerning, i. 355, 371

Harley, J. P., letters to, i. 5, 23

Harness, Rev. W., letters to, i. 37, 76, 361

"Haunted Man, The," i. 170, 185, 241;
subjects for illustrations in, described, i. 200, 201;
dramatisation of, i. 203

Hewett, Captain, i. 57

"History of England, The Child's," i. 297

Hogarth, Mary, i. 4, 9

Hogarth, Georgina, i. 425;
and see Letters

Holland, Lady, i. 11

Home, longings for, i. 64, 70

Hood, Tom, i. 287;
letter to, i. 80

Horne, Mrs., letter to, i. 456

Horne, R. H., letter to, i. 93

Hospital, a dinner at a, i. 88

Houghton, Lord, letter to, i. 41

"Household Words," i. 148;
scheme of, i. 216;
suggested titles for, i. 219;
success of, i. 221;
Christmas numbers of, i. 241, 288;
"The Golden Mary," i. 414;
letters concerning, i. 219, 221, 250, 285, 286, 291-293, 295, 299, 301, 334, 335, 353, 423, 452

Hughes, Master Hastings, letter to, i. 14

Hullah, John, i. 5



Illustrated London News, offers to Dickens from, i. 150

Illustrations of Dickens's works, his descriptions for, i. 38-40, 45, 46, 50, 51, 200-203

Italy, Dickens's first visit to, i. 94;
the sky of, i. 106;
the colouring of, i. 106;
a sunset in, i. 106;
twilight in, i. 107;
frescoes in, i. 107;
churches in, i. 108;
fruit in, i. 109;
climate of, i. 111;
a coastguard in, i. 116;
Dickens at Albaro, i. 105-117;
at Genoa, i. 120-122, 134, 321;
at Venice and Verona, i. 119-121, 337;
at Naples, i. 134-141, 322;
an ascent of Vesuvius, i. 137-141;
at Rome, i. 134, 135, 325-333;
and see i. 297, 346


Jeffrey, Lord, i. 184, 218

Jerrold, Douglas, i. 134, 225, 268, 390;
and see Letters

Joll, Miss, letter to, i. 209


Keeley, Robert, i. 165;
letter to, i. 105

Kelly, Miss, i. 302, 303

Kent, W. Charles, i. 186;
and see Letters

Kinkel, Dr., i. 230

Knight, Charles, i. 94;
and see Letters

Knowles, Sheridan, i. 214;
letter to, i. 215


Lamartine, i. 187

Landor, Walter Savage, i. 268, 337;
and see Letters

Landseer, Edwin, letter to, i. 103

Landseer, Tom, i. 27

Lansdowne, Lord, i. 275

Layard, A. H., i. 377;
letters to, i. 390, 391

Lectures, Dickens on public, i. 97

Leech, John, i. 134, 186, 225, 226, 239

Le Gros, Mr., i. 140, 332

Lemaître, M., i. 386

Lemon, Mark, i. 134, 186, 225, 226, 376, 390;
and see Letters

Lemon, Mrs., i. 419

Letters of Charles Dickens to:
Ainsworth, W. H., i. 43, 75, 92
Anonymous, i. 277;
Austin, Henry, i. 2, 69-73, 76, 262-264, 266, 361;
Babbage, Charles, i. 86, 87, 186
Banks, G.,
1 ... 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Go to page:

Free e-book «The Letters of Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens [reading strategies book txt] 📗» - read online now

Comments (0)

There are no comments yet. You can be the first!
Add a comment