Posted on 22 February 2019
98 letters, held at Harvard University, reveal a new aspect of Dickens’ troubled marriage, finally giving us his wife’s side of the story, including Dickens’ shocking attempt to have his wife incarcerated as insane. Professor Bowen’s discover has received widespread media attention, including in The TLS, The Times, The New York Times and on Radio 4’s The Today Programme.
Find out more about Professor Bowen’s research, and its implications, on the University of York news pages.