Dickens' First Love

Centred on the true story of the young Dickens and his first love Maria Beadnell (later immortalised as Dora Spenlow in ‘David Copperfield’ and Flora Finching in ‘Little Dorrit’), the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see Dickens's very first literary efforts: love poems about Maria and comic verse composed for her sister Anne. This really is Charles Dickens as you've never seen him before... In addition to Dickens’s early writings, the exhibition displays portraits of the young Dickens and the Beadnell family, and visitors will be invited to pen their own love poems and try to better the great Victorian novelist.

Suitable for
Family friendly

Admission
Normal admission charges apply.

Website
www.dickensmuseum.com/exhibitions/temporary-exhibition/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000016?id=EVENT517385