Charles Dickens Attempted To Banish His Wife To An Asylum When He Was Having An Affair With A Young Actress

Yuck. New letters show his cruelty – and though Dickens tightly controlled his image during his life and burned more than 20 years of correspondence (including that with his wife), the new letters have caused some consternation in the literary world. “Reading the material was quite difficult to be honest. … Dickens is a literary great who I have studied and admired for many years but some of the letters made very uncomfortable.” – The New York Times