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September 2023
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Nottingham
Branch Meeting
Kathy Powis will lead the meeting with a Conference Report and an Introduction to our book of the year: Our Mutual Friend, Book 1 Chapters 1-2.
Date : 05 September
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Broadstairs
September meeting
06:57 PM
Nuckells Gardens, Broadstairs
Broadstairs branch September meeting on the 6th at 3pm. Join us in Nuckells Gardens (close by the Dickens House museum) for a performance by the Dickens Declaimers and a refreshing drink
Date : 06 September
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Baltimore
Monthly Meeting of Baltimore Dickens Society
07:00 PM
Hale Auditorium at Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD
Regular meetings of the Baltimore Dickens Society include discussions of the chosen novel for the year. For 2023, that novel is David Copperfield. Chapters by meeting date include September 8: Chapters 1–11
; October 6: Chapters 12–23
; November 10: Chapters 24–36
; December 15: Chapters 37–49
; and January 12: Chapters 50–64.
Date : 08 September
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Southern California Dickens Fellowship
11:00 AM
ZOOM
The Old Curiosity Shop. Part 2, Chapters 37-73. Presenter TBA. Zoom only, 11:00 am, PST, Saturday, Sept. 9th, 2023.
Date : 09 September
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Canterbury
Talk by Professor Cathy Waters
03:00 PM
St Dunstan's Hall, Canterbury, CT2 8LS
Topic: 'Much of Sala, and but little of Russia’: A Journey due North, Household Words and the Birth of a Special Correspondent’. This is a hybrid meeting, live-streamed via Zoom from St Dunstan's Church Hall, Canterbury, CT2 8LS. Please join us in the hall if you can, or request the Zoom link from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date : 11 September
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Portsmouth Birthplace
Hard Times after 169 years
02:00 PM
St Swithun's Church Hall
Dr Tony Willams will give a talk about Hard Times. This meeting was originally scheduled for March 2023 but had to be postponed due to bad weather.
Date : 12 September
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North East England
A Tale of Two Cities
07:00 PM
Low Fell Library, Durham Road Gateshead.
Branch Meeting. Our Novel for 2023/24 is "A Tale of Two Cites"
North East England
The Great Winglebury Duel
10:00 PM
Low Fell Library, Durham Road Gateshead.
The Members will be discussing the Tale of "The Great Winglebury Duel" from Sketches by Boz
Date : 18 September
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Nottingham
Branch Meeting
Liz Dunajewska will lead our discussions on Our Mutual Friend, Book 1, chapters 3-6
Central Fellowship
Professor Malcolm Andrews - 'The Story of "The Story of Little Dombey": A Talk and a Reading’
06:30 PM
Lumen URC, 88 Tavistock Pl, London WC1H 9RS
Date : 19 September
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Southwold
02:30 PM
Branch Meetings are at the Guide Centre, Cautley Road, Southwold at 2:30 on the 4th Tuesday of each month from September to May, except for 4th Tuesday of February which is the Birthday Lunch at The Randolph Hotel, Reydon, at 12:30.
Southwold
First meeting of new season
02:30 PM
The Guide Centre, Cautley Road, Southwold, Suffolk
The new 2023/24 season of the Southwold Dickens Fellowship starts on Tuesday, 26th September at 2:30 pm in the Guide Centre, Cautley Road, Southwold. The monthly programme (usually the 4th Tuesday) consists mainly of presentations by members, including readings of our chosen novel – this year’s is Little Dorrit. Refreshments are available at all meetings. Membership is only £8 a year.
Date : 26 September
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  • Fagin From Oliver Twist
  • Marchionness From The Old Curiosity Shop
  • Mr Bumble From Oliver Twist
  • Mr Micawber From David Copperfield
  • Mr Pecksniff From Martin Chuzzlewick
  • Mr Pickwick From The Pickwick Papers
  • Mr Weller Senior From The Pickwick Papers
  • Mrs Bardell From Pickwick Papers
  • Mrs Gamp From Martin Chuzzlewit
  • Sam Weller From The Pickwick Papers
  • The Fat Boy From Pickwick Papers
  • Trotty Veck From The Chimes
A delightful set of Dickens characters penned by Kyd (Joseph Clayton Clarke 1857-1937) have entertained readers for generations.
View summary outlines of Charles Dickens novels.
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