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Catherine Thomson "Kate" Dickens (née Hogarth; 19 May 1815 – 22 November 1879) was the wife of English novelist Charles Dickens, the mother of his ten children, and a writer of domestic management.
19 mag 2016 · Catherine was an author, actress and cook – all of which was eclipsed by her marriage. Lucinda Hawksley, Catherine’s great-great-great-granddaughter, explores who she really was.
The daughter and granddaughter of cultured Scotsmen and women — intellectuals, writers, and musicians who highly valued family life — Catherine Hogarth was an animated and well-read nineteen-year-old, a devoted sister and cousin....
- The Happy Years
- Disenchantment
- Ellen Ternan
- Separation
The early years of their marriage were apparently quite happy. Dickens was in love with his young wife and she was very proud of her famous husband. In 1841 the couple traveled to Scotland. In 1842 they traveled to America together. After the 1842 trip to America, Catherine’s sister Georgina came to live with the couple. Catherine was becoming over...
Dickens grew unhappy with Catherine and his marriage. He resented the fact that he had so many children to support. (Somehow he saw this as Catherine’s fault.) He did not approve of Catherine’s lack of energy. He began to indicate that she was not nor had ever been his intellectual equal. In 1855 his discontent led him to accept an invitation to me...
In 1857 Dickens met the woman who was to be his companion until his death, Ellen Ternan. Ellen, her mother and her sister were hired to act in a benefit presentation of The Frozen Deep. The event was sponsored by Dickens who also co-starred in the event. Dickens’ life with Catherine seemed even more insufferable after meeting Ellen. Dickens wrote t...
In June of 1858 Catherine and Charles were legally separated. Days later Dickens published a notice in the London Times and Household Wordsthat tried to explain the separation to the public. In the notice he stated, “Some domestic trouble of mine, of long-standing, on which I will make no further remark than that it claims to be respected, as being...
27 feb 2019 · The dissolution of the 22-year marriage between Charles Dickens and his wife, Catherine Dickens, has been well-documented — as has the famed author’s cruelty towards his wife.
20 apr 2016 · We all know about Charles Dickens, but what about his long-suffering wife Catherine? Ahead of a new exhibition about Mrs Dickens at the Charles Dickens Museum, curator Louisa Price spills the...
26 ago 2024 · The documents, on view at the Charles Dickens Museum in Kings Cross, reveal the enduring love that the author’s wife Catherine—from whom he had brutally separated—had for their children.
