Words leave imprints in your mind like footprints in the sand...
beach reading
starry skies to read under
reading in nature
  • Location: Portsmouth, Chatham, Broadstairs, Kent, London

Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life

Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life

Why a Booktrail?

1812 – 1870: The life and times of Mr Charles Dickens

  • ISBN: 978-1847801876
  • Genre: Biography/memoirs, Childrens

What you need to know before your trail

Inspired by Charles Dickens’ own words, Mick and Brita bring this extraordinary genius to life, revealing Dickens’ childhood working in a London boot polish factory and charting his meteoric rise to fame as a young novelist. Follow him as he climbs a volcano, goes on tour to the US, presides at a family Christmas and gives a thrilling public reading. And discover the stories of ten of Dickens’ most famous novels, dramatised for younger readers with captions and graphic-novel comic-strips.

Streetview Maps

A) Portsmouth - Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum
E) London - Charles Dickens Museum

Booktrail Boarding Pass Information:  Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life

Author/Guide: Mick Manning and Brita Granström Destination: Portsmouth, Chatham, Broadstairs, Kent, London  Departure Time: 1812 – 1870

Back to Results

Featured Book

The Convenience Store by the Sea

2000s: Welcome to Tenderness, Japan!

Read more