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Title: Mrs Dickens
Condition: New
Subtitle: From the award-winning author of The Painter\'s Daughters
Author: Emily Howes
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 139961083X
EAN: 9781399610834
ISBN: 9781399610834
Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Historical Fiction
Release Date: 06/11/2026
Description:
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
\'I adored this book\' Florence Knapp
\'An impressive, involving novel\' The Times
\'I was enthralled\' Jennie Godfrey
London, 1835. Nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth falls in love with the young journalist Charles Dickens. In the early days of their marriage, Charles is infatuated with his bride and Kate delights in her new life, the balm to her husband\'s irrepressible spirit. But as he finds fame as a novelist and the family rise through the ranks of Victorian society, Kate becomes increasingly aware of his frustration that real people cannot be manipulated as easily as his characters.
Meanwhile, in the East End slums, a young orphan named Anne Brown has lost everything, but is determined to make her way in the world. A chance encounter with the Dickens family transports her to the heart of the household, opening up a world of privilege, travel and remarkable company. But her newfound freedom has come at a cost she cannot always ignore.
As the years go by and the family expands, the cracks in the Dickens\'s marriage deepen. Kate seeks comfort and companionship in her trusted servant, but whilst Anne has come to care deeply for Mrs Dickens, her loyalties are tested to breaking point as Charles takes control of their future . . .
Vibrant, witty and deeply moving, Mrs Dickens traces a long marriage in all its tenderness, grief, romance and fury. It illuminates the life of a complex, forgotten woman whose voice often went unheard, but whose story deserves to be told.
\'Heartfelt and heartbreaking\' Daily Mail
\'A marvellous achievement\' Emma Stonex
\'Beautiful, heartbreaking, immersive\' Roisín O\'Donnell
Language: English
Item Height: 240mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Width: 40mm
Item Weight: 668g
Type: Books
Release Year: 2026
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