Charles Dickens' Links to Liverpool

[Walden]

Hi Marie

No doubt Charles Dickens passed through Liverpool on numerous occasions in regard to his transatlantic travel and appearances on the lecture circuit. In fact, Liverpool undoubtedly was a major venue for him to make money as a lecturer. I am not totally certain of your statement that Liverpool was second only to London for him in terms of importance, because a number of British cities would have provided him with significant income as a lecturer which supplemented what he earned from the serialization of his novels and publisher royalties from his books. I am not sure what you are saying about "Colin's Bridewell" -- are you saying he was in prison there or lectured there?

All my best



Chris

He was a special constable in what is now Colin's Bridewell here

"...Colin's Bridewell is a former Victorian police station where Charles Dickens was once a Special Constable."

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