"Bill Sikes and Scrooge are among the most well-known characters in English literature but rather than being figments of Charles Dickens's imagination, their names were derived from real people — and new research has pinpointed the writer's sources of inspiration."
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Real-life Dickens characters traced
Richardson, the author of Dickens and the Workhouse, published to coincide with next week's 200th anniversary of his birth, described the number of fictional characters she has linked to Dickens's neighbours as “breathtaking”.
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Real-life Dickens characters traced
Richardson, the author of Dickens and the Workhouse, published to coincide with next week's 200th anniversary of his birth, described the number of fictional characters she has linked to Dickens's neighbours as “breathtaking”.