{"product_id":"mrs-dickens-by-emily-howes","title":"Mrs. Dickens by Emily Howes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, 1835. Nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth falls in love with the young journalist Charles Dickens. In the early days of their marriage, Charles is infatuated with his bride and Kate delights in her new life, the balm to her husband's irrepressible spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut as he finds fame as a novelist and the family rise through the ranks of Victorian society, Kate becomes increasingly aware of his frustration that real people cannot be manipulated as easily as his characters. Meanwhile, in the East End slums, a young orphan named Anne Brown has lost everything, but is determined to make her way in the world. A chance encounter with the Dickens family transports her to the heart of the household, opening up a world of privilege, travel and remarkable company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB' Mrs Dickens has my whole heart . . .I was enthralled' Jennie Godfrey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:Hardback 448 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781399610834\u003cbr\u003ePublished:11 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction\u003cbr\u003eWeight:672g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64903429914973,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781399610834.jpg?v=1780651799","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/mrs-dickens-by-emily-howes","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}