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Dickens and Beadwell saga reveals lifelong domestic strife
The article traces Dickens's 1850s separation from his wife and his attachment to Maria Beadwell, detailing how private misfortune and public print shaped Household Words, All the Year Round, and the Dickens family circle. It notes letters, guardianship, and the impact on his literary world and personal life.
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Charles
Catherine
Lomion
Dickens
Messrs. Bradbury & Evans
Household Words
Punch
Mark Lemon
Stanfield
Lemon
Mr. Evans
Helen Hogarth
Charles Dickens
United States
Miss Hogarth
Maria Beadnell Winter
Dora
Flora Finching
Little Dorrit
England
Japan
Beadwell
W. H. Kolle
London
Mr. Rolle
Anne
Margaret
David Lloyd
Maria
David Copperfield
David
Steerforth
Daisy
Maria Beadwell
Anne Beadwell
Catherine Hogarth
Henry Louis Winter
Copperfield