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'Essential for anyone interested in Charles Dickens’s personal life. Christine Skelton’s thoroughly researched and brilliantly written book fills in a missing piece of the jigsaw. It makes for enthralling reading.'
Jenny Hartley, author of Charles Dickens and the house of fallen women and Charles Dickens: A very short introduction

'Georgina Hogarth has been given a voice at last! Christine Skelton has done an admirable job of bringing ‘aunty Georgy” out of the shadow of her celebrity brother-in-law. This is an engaging biography that takes the reader into the heart of one of Victorian Britain’s most famous homes.'
Lucinda Hawksley, author, biographer, and great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens

'A major, and much-needed, contribution to our knowledge and understanding of both the private and the professional life of our greatest novelist.'
Professor Michael Slater, author of The Great Charles Dickens Scandal and Dickens and Women

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