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Mr & Mrs Charles Dickens: Her Story: “So The World May Know He Loved Me Once.”, by Annie Elliot

A reimagining of the troubled marriage of Charles Dickens through the eyes of his wife, Catherine, and her endurance in the face of love, loss, and betrayal.

Dominic Mullens

Annie Elliot crafts an intimate glance into the life and marriage of one of the most celebrated English writers of the 19th century, Charles Dickens. Within Mr & Mrs Charles Dickens: Her Story: “So The World May Know He Loved Me Once.”, Elliot masterfully explores...

Annie Elliot on Mr & Mrs Charles Dickens: Her Story: “So The World May Know He Loved Me Once.”

The author talks through her debut novel, how she reclaims the story of Catherine Dickens and examines her mistreatment at the hands of her husband

Annie Elliot

Annie Elliot – welcome to Aspects of History. What spurred you to write about Catherine Dickens? How did you first hear about her story? I read Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell and thought writing from the perspective of a famous man’s wife was a great idea. Charles Dickens...

‘So The World May Know He Loved Me Once’: Catherine Dickens’s Story

On her deathbed, Mrs Dickens asked her daughter to give her letters from Charles to the British Museum ‘so the world may know he loved me once.’

Αnnie Elliot

The world might have found it hard to believe. After 22 years of marriage and having made her pregnant at least 12 times, Dickens, aged 46, built a wall in their bedroom to keep his wife, Catherine, out, forced her to visit his 18-year-old mistress to quell rumours,...