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A map of North London, showing key places Dickens frequented as a child and an adult. He used many of these places in his novels.

"The Brontë sisters, painted by their brother Branwell, c. 1825. From left to right are Anne, Emily and Charlotte, with a painted-out space in the background which probably once held a self-portrait of Branwell himself" (Wilks, 101).

Map of the Glass Town Confederacy, Drawn by Branwell Brontë at Fourteen as a Folding Frontispiece to "History of the Young Men," 1831 (Ashley Library in the British Museum)

"Some of the little books made and written by the Brontë children. Only examples of Charlotte's and Branwell's have come to light. The books average a mere two inches in height and one and a half inches in width. They are written in almost…

Title page to the 1850 joint publication of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, by Ellis and Acton Bell. A New Edition Revised, with a Biographical Notice of the Authors, a Selection from their Literary Remains, and a Preface, by Currer Bell.

Chapters 14-16: Chapter 14. Paul grows more and more old-fashioned, and goes home for the holidays -- Chapter 15. Amazing artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new pursuit for Walter Gay -- Chapter 16. What the waves were always saying

Sketch by Dickens' illustrator, Phiz, of Mrs. Tox introducing Polly Toodle (Paul's nurse-to-be) and her family to Mr. Dombey.

A review of Dombey and Son by John Forster in the Literary Examiner, 28 Oct. 1848.

"The scene is fairly certainly identifiable as Maidenhead railway bridge, across the Thames between Taplow and Maidenhead. The bridge, which was begun on Brunel's design in 1837 and finished in 1839, has two main arches of brick, very wide and flat.…

Publicity still of Laurence Olivier for the 1939 film adaptation of Wuthering Heights