Curiosity- Background Info and Resources

[Renee, Moderator]

All are welcome to share background on The Old Curiosity Shop or Charles Dickens.

[Renee, Moderator]

Some timelines on Charles Dickens...

http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/d...

http://www.biography.com/people/charl...

http://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/lif...

Animated: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3AB9poW...

[Renee, Moderator]

Other Dickensian info:
http://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/life/

[Renee, Moderator]

Apparently, there's a statue...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicke...

[Peter]

There are quite a number of travelling shows and events in OCS from waxworks to Punch and Judy. In addition, we have the grotesque Quilp. A good book to give a feeling of the time and the theatre of the abnormal in Victorian England is The Victorian Freak Show: The Significance of Disability and Physical Differences in 19th-Century Fiction.

[Renee, Moderator]

Thanks, Peter. What an interesting topic!