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Charles Dickens at The Vestry

  • St Luke's Church Sydney Street London, England, SW3 United Kingdom (map)

Enjoy a candlelit evening with Charles Dickens Fellowship and local readers. We will be listening to a selection of stories from Charles Dicken's extensive collection on Christmas. 

The introduction will be given by Dr Tony Williams 

Dr. Tony Williams and Mr. Paul Graham, Hon Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship and Board Member of the Charles Dickens Museum.

https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/directory/dr-tony-williams/

Charles Dickens was married in St Luke's Church and you will have the chance to see the license and other documents and items commemorating the occasion. 

A Christmas Dinner – one of the Sketches By Boz
A Christmas Tree – A piece written for Household Words in 1850
Christmas at Dingley Dell – from Pickwick Papers
Pip’s awful Christmas Dinner – from Great Expectations
Christmas in Cloisterham – from Edwin Drood
Christmas day in the Paris morgue – from Travelling Abroad one of the Uncommercial Traveller Pieces

Enjoy mince pies and mulled wine whilst savouring the moment as Christmas gets ever closer. 

Tickets are FREE but must be booked in advance through this link.
Email hello@kingsroadchristmas.london for enquiries.

Earlier Event: December 21
Simon Callow's Dickensian Christmas
Later Event: December 24
Christmas Services at Holy Trinity