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The Welcome Centre

* The Welcome Centre
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 900 posts · 404 views

last updated Jan 01, 2026 07:35AM

Mrs. Dickens' Parlour - Chat
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 2453 posts · 338 views

last updated 10 hours, 22 min ago

Lady Maria Clutterbuck's Birthday Felicitations!
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 726 posts · 178 views

last updated Dec 18, 2025 11:40PM

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Guidelines for Leading a Read in Dickensians!
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 2 posts · 64 views

last updated Dec 30, 2022 06:33AM

What do we read?
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 4 posts · 250 views

last updated Oct 23, 2021 03:36AM

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Currently Reading

* Short Christmas Reads - List with Links
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 5 posts · 28 views

last updated Dec 09, 2025 11:52AM

The Child's Story
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 3 posts · 16 views

last updated 6 hours, 0 min ago

The Poor Relation's Story
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 84 posts · 32 views

last updated 6 hours, 35 min ago

The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins (hosted by Lori)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 27 posts · 35 views

last updated 7 hours, 35 min ago

The Schoolboy's Story
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 1 post · 14 views

last updated Dec 14, 2025 07:00AM

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Upcoming Read

Ghosts, Ghouls and Gothic Side read - The Violent Effigy by John Carey (hosted by John)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 13 posts · 21 views

last updated Jan 02, 2026 01:29AM

Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (hosted by Sam)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 1 post · 13 views

last updated Dec 31, 2025 12:26PM

Nurse's Stories (hosted by Sam)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 1 post · 8 views

last updated Dec 31, 2025 12:07PM

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Ghosts, Ghouls and Gothic 2026

Timetable for Our Ghosts, Ghouls and Gothic Year
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 34 posts · 56 views

last updated Dec 30, 2025 09:57AM

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All Around Dickens Year

* Programme of Events for All Around Dickens
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 9 posts · 65 views

last updated Jun 04, 2025 12:56PM

Robinson Crusoe (end) by Daniel Defoe - Group Read (hosted by Erich)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 172 posts · 30 views

last updated Aug 22, 2025 06:00PM

Robinson Crusoe (beg.) by Daniel Defoe - Group Read (hosted by Erich)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 199 posts · 51 views

last updated Jul 19, 2025 07:46AM

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell 3: chapters 30 - 45 (end) (hosted by Claudia)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 250 posts · 33 views

last updated Jun 14, 2025 02:21PM

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell 2: chapters 15-29 (hosted by Claudia)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 239 posts · 30 views

last updated May 19, 2025 09:33PM

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Martin Chuzzlewit - Group Read 7

Martin Chuzzlewit 5: Chapter 45 - 54
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 415 posts · 44 views

last updated 9 hours, 0 min ago

Martin Chuzzlewit 4: Chapter 36 - 44
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 228 posts · 37 views

last updated Nov 21, 2025 06:13AM

Martin Chuzzlewit 3: Chapter 21 - 35
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 335 posts · 42 views

last updated Nov 20, 2025 08:54AM

Martin Chuzzlewit 1: Chapter 1 - 10
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 346 posts · 67 views

last updated Nov 15, 2025 09:17AM

Martin Chuzzlewit 2: Chapter 11 - 20
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 286 posts · 33 views

last updated Oct 29, 2025 06:25AM

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Nicholas Nickleby - Group Read 6

Nicholas Nickleby: Intro comments and Chapters 1 - 10
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 458 posts · 96 views

last updated Apr 09, 2025 03:01PM

Nicholas Nickleby: Chapters 49 - 65
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 342 posts · 55 views

last updated Apr 06, 2025 03:48PM

Nicholas Nickleby: Chapters 37 - 48
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 221 posts · 41 views

last updated Apr 04, 2025 12:33PM

Nicholas Nickleby: Chapters 24 - 36
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 322 posts · 52 views

last updated Feb 21, 2025 06:38AM

Nicholas Nickleby: Chapters 11 - 23
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 312 posts · 55 views

last updated Feb 12, 2025 12:31PM

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Dramatic Dickens! Year

* Dramatic Dickens! Programme of Events
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 16 posts · 44 views

last updated Dec 17, 2024 05:45AM

Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce in One Act (hosted by Sam)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 69 posts · 18 views

last updated Sep 16, 2024 03:51PM

Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Young Couples ... (selected and hosted by Bridget)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 52 posts · 20 views

last updated Sep 01, 2024 03:13PM

No Thoroughfare (hosted by Lee)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 209 posts · 34 views

last updated Aug 29, 2024 12:55PM

Is She his Wife? Or, Something Singular: A Comic Burletta in One Act (hosted by Kathleen)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 82 posts · 31 views

last updated Jul 04, 2024 08:49AM

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Dickens' Favourite 18th C Novels

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (conc. vols 5 - 9) by Laurence Sterne - Group Read (hosted by Erich)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 335 posts · 28 views

last updated Dec 23, 2023 11:38PM

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (beg. vols. 1 - 4) by Laurence Sterne - Group Read (hosted by Erich)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 387 posts · 70 views

last updated Oct 28, 2023 03:12AM

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding - Group Read (hosted by Debra and Angela)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 394 posts · 84 views

last updated Jan 02, 2022 03:50AM

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Dickens' Favourite 19th C Novels

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell - Group Read (hosted by Claudia) 2nd thread
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 229 posts · 34 views

last updated Jul 06, 2024 05:21AM

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell - Group Read (hosted by Claudia) 1st thread
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 236 posts · 38 views

last updated May 28, 2024 01:34AM

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Side Reads

"All Around Dickens" side read: Dickens and Travel by Lucinda Hawksley
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 37 posts · 43 views

last updated Nov 06, 2025 02:27PM

Dramatic Dickens! Side Reads
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 28 posts · 28 views

last updated Feb 23, 2025 02:33PM

Group Side Read - The Life of Charles Dickens: Volume III by John Forster
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 43 posts · 60 views

last updated Jul 16, 2024 03:55PM

Group Side Read - The Life of Charles Dickens: Volume 1 by John Forster
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 233 posts · 90 views

last updated May 16, 2024 02:16PM

Group Side Read - Dickens and the Workhouse by Ruth Richardson
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 12 posts · 25 views

last updated Feb 05, 2024 08:09AM

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Just About Dickens

Favourite Quotations by Charles Dickens
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 125 posts · 111 views

last updated Oct 13, 2025 02:40PM

What is your earliest memory of Charles Dickens? Tell us about it here.
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 213 posts · 149 views

last updated Oct 08, 2025 02:24PM

Adaptations for stage and screen, and ...
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 205 posts · 130 views

last updated Jul 01, 2025 09:01AM

Charles Dickens on audio
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 39 posts · 68 views

last updated Mar 28, 2025 05:26AM

I Saw Dickens! Museums and Commemorative Events
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 86 posts · 90 views

last updated Mar 28, 2025 05:22AM

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The World of Charles Dickens

Spin-Offs and Sequels to Charles Dickens's stories
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 167 posts · 198 views

last updated Dec 23, 2025 01:29AM

Dickens in the News
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 130 posts · 133 views

last updated Nov 28, 2025 11:37AM

Victorian Life
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 168 posts · 131 views

last updated Apr 07, 2025 06:17AM

Biographies and Books About Charles Dickens and his works
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 249 posts · 263 views

last updated Feb 25, 2024 10:13AM

Drawing Dickens's Stories - Dickens' illustrators
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 30 posts · 58 views

last updated Feb 19, 2024 08:14AM

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Oliver Twist - Group Read 5

Oliver Twist: Chapters 44 - 53
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 310 posts · 75 views

last updated Jan 30, 2025 03:17PM

Oliver Twist: Chapters 9 - 17
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 302 posts · 79 views

last updated Apr 05, 2024 03:25PM

Oliver Twist: Intro comments and Chapters 1 - 8
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 451 posts · 111 views

last updated Apr 01, 2024 03:23PM

Oliver Twist: Chapters 18 - 25
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 193 posts · 61 views

last updated Feb 14, 2024 09:38AM

Oliver Twist: Chapters 35 - 43
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 203 posts · 55 views

last updated Jul 19, 2023 09:40AM

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Bleak House - Group Read 4

Bleak House: Chapters 43 - 53
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 412 posts · 78 views

last updated Dec 22, 2024 01:11PM

Bleak House: Chapters 20 - 32
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 598 posts · 95 views

last updated May 13, 2024 03:50PM

Bleak House: Chapters 11 - 19
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 507 posts · 101 views

last updated Mar 13, 2024 04:14PM

Bleak House: Chapters 54 - 67
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 502 posts · 80 views

last updated Jan 04, 2024 07:29AM

Bleak House: Chapters 33 - 42
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 403 posts · 87 views

last updated Dec 18, 2023 01:34AM

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Dombey and Son - Group Read 3

Dombey and Son: Chapters 52 - 62
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 372 posts · 91 views

last updated Oct 12, 2025 09:46AM

Dombey and Son: Chapters 42 - 51
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 368 posts · 89 views

last updated Sep 27, 2025 04:07PM

Dombey and Son: Chapters 32 - 41
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 382 posts · 77 views

last updated May 17, 2023 01:24AM

Dombey and Son: Chapters 20 - 31
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 475 posts · 96 views

last updated Apr 29, 2023 08:54AM

Dombey and Son: Chapters 11 - 19
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 351 posts · 75 views

last updated Apr 19, 2023 10:59AM

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Little Dorrit - Group Read 2

Little Dorrit II: Chapters 1 - 11
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 232 posts · 95 views

last updated Mar 03, 2024 12:36PM

Little Dorrit: Chapters 23 - 36
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 266 posts · 94 views

last updated Feb 19, 2024 09:59AM

Little Dorrit: Chapters 12 - 22
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 283 posts · 99 views

last updated Feb 12, 2024 05:33AM

Little Dorrit: Chapters 1 - 11
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 554 posts · 144 views

last updated Feb 06, 2024 09:41AM

Little Dorrit II: Chapters 23 - 34
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 227 posts · 82 views

last updated Oct 16, 2021 05:51PM

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David Copperfield - Group Read 1

May - June 2020: David Copperfield: chapters 45 - 64
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 465 posts · 132 views

last updated Apr 17, 2025 05:46AM

May - June 2020: David Copperfield: chapters 30 - 44
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 398 posts · 87 views

last updated Dec 15, 2024 11:08AM

May - June 2020: David Copperfield: chapters 15-29
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 340 posts · 93 views

last updated Dec 10, 2024 06:11AM

May - June 2020: David Copperfield: chapters 1-14
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 525 posts · 160 views

last updated Dec 05, 2024 04:30PM

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Novellas and Collaborative Works

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (hosted by Petra)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 480 posts · 41 views

last updated Jan 24, 2025 09:01AM

The Chimes (hosted by Petra)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 540 posts · 121 views

last updated Apr 25, 2024 02:27PM

The Battle of Life (hosted by Petra)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 480 posts · 43 views

last updated Jan 27, 2024 08:21AM

Somebody's Luggage (hosted by Plateresca)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 409 posts · 69 views

last updated Apr 28, 2023 10:13PM

The Cricket on the Hearth (hosted by Petra)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 491 posts · 65 views

last updated Mar 21, 2023 01:10PM

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Short Reads, led by our members

A Christmas Tree
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 141 posts · 46 views

last updated Dec 28, 2025 01:53PM

Doctor Marigold (hosted by France-Andrée) - 3rd Summer Read 2020
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 85 posts · 52 views

last updated Jul 10, 2024 01:38PM

The Lamplighter (hosted by Sara)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 113 posts · 48 views

last updated Aug 15, 2023 12:48PM

Lying Awake and Night Walks - Our 9th and 10th Final Summer Reads (hosted by Sam)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 43 posts · 36 views

last updated Jun 22, 2023 08:46AM

What Christmas is as We Grow Older (hosted by Kathleen)
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 94 posts · 45 views

last updated Dec 23, 2022 08:36AM

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Buddy Reads

* Buddy Read Requests
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 143 posts · 142 views

last updated Nov 19, 2021 02:40PM

Buddy Read of Little Dorrit mid-Sept onwards with Janelle, Bridget, Lori and others
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 1118 posts · 69 views

last updated Dec 02, 2021 03:14PM

Buddy Read of Frankenstein October 2021 onwards with Tim, Connie, Lola and Angela
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 33 posts · 36 views

last updated Oct 27, 2021 08:19PM

Buddy read of David Copperfield May 2021 onwards with Cozy_Pug, Sue, Bridget, Fiona and Jenny
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 900 posts · 73 views

last updated Aug 04, 2021 02:39AM

Buddy read of the Pickwick Papers January 2021, with Laura, Ashley, Dean and others
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 47 posts · 50 views

last updated Feb 04, 2021 05:29AM

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Extras

Direct Messaging on GR petition link
By Laura · 7 posts · 32 views

last updated Dec 04, 2025 09:05AM

Personal Reviews
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 53 posts · 107 views

last updated Dec 02, 2025 03:19PM

Today is ... (hosted by Nancy)
By Nancy · 20 posts · 35 views

last updated Aug 16, 2025 03:35PM

Recommend another Group?
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 31 posts · 132 views

last updated Jan 03, 2024 03:51PM

My Essential Classics
By Bionic Jean , "Dickens Duchess" · 55 posts · 92 views

last updated May 25, 2021 03:36PM

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