Dickens the Enchanter: An Author's Talk

This is a free hybrid event (donations welcome). 

Wednesday 5th March at 2pm (UK time)

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“Dickens the Enchanter is a treat.” The Independent

“Draws on a lifetime’s love of Dickens and an encyclopedic knowledge of his work” Literary Review

A kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens’s superhuman imagination, from one of the greatest cultural critics of our time.

See Dickens as never before with Peter Conrad's creative biography of Dickens's life through his storytelling – the characters, places and emotions conjured up across all his novels, letters, stories, public readings and diaries.

Peter Conrad repositions Dickens as a true giant of literature – with the rarest ability to create whole worlds. This is a bold rediscovery of Dickens’s universe that both upends our ideas about literature and restores our faith in the power of imagination. Peter argues that Dickens alone rivals Shakespeare – and in many ways betters him. He places great emphasis on Dickens’s journalism and his public storytelling which he regards as essential to understanding this great writer. He charts how the forces of creation and destruction meet in Dickens, who was ultimately, in the unfinished murder mystery of Edwin Drood, destroyed by his own creative genius.

We're delighted to welcome Peter Conrad to the Charles Dickens Museum to share his insights into the writing of his stunning new book. You'll hear some fascinating insights into Conrad's research.

Join us on Wednesday 5th March at 2pm (UK time), either onsite or virtually.

Book your ONSITE tickets here.

Book your VIRTUAL tickets here.

This is a celebration, an examination and an exploration of the most powerful and potent imagination in literature. Peter Conrad’s great critical mind is applied to storytelling, making it both a gift if you already love Dickens and a key if you have yet to read him.

Peter Conrad is a cultural critic and historian, who has published more than 20 books on a wide variety of subjects and writes regularly for the Observer. He taught English at Christ Church, Oxford for more than three decades and has lectured throughout the world. He lives in London and New York.