Charles Dickens in Manchester. Literature Festival Official Tours

By New Manchester Walks

Ed Glinert, a Penguin Classics' editor & Manchester's leading historian, leads this tour through Charles Dickens' Manchester haunts.

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Queen Victoria's Statue

Piccadilly Manchester M1 1LU United Kingdom

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2 hours
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Community • Heritage

Bleak House starts with a one-word sentence: “London”.

Charles Dickens probably considered starting “Hard Times” with a similar one-word sentence: “Manchester”, except that he hedged his bets by calling his mythical Northern city “Coketown”.

Nevertheless the great novelist spent much time in Manchester, appearing at The Athenaeum and Free Trade Hall, and hanging loose with Harrison Ainsworth.

We remember the best of times, the worst of times.

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New Manchester Walks

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