Mrs Dickens by Emily Howes Home and Garden an exquisite short novel by

an exquisite short novel by a master of the form

all that wedding day

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And when long-buried secrets and resentments rise to the surface

a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning

Mrs Dickens by Emily Howes Home and Garden an exquisite short novel byPaperback 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