Novelist, journalist and writer, and the oldest grandchild of the celebrated novelist Charles Dickens. She was the oldest child of Charles Dickens, Jnr.
As a child she was known in the Dickens family as 'Mekitty', while she in turn called her grandfather Charles Dickens 'Venerables'. On his death in 1870 her father bought Gad's Hill Place in Kent, Dickens' country home, and she lived there until 1879 when it was sold after Charles Dickens, Jnr got into financial difficulties.
On the death of Charles Dickens, her father inherited the magazine 'All the Year Round', and Mary Angela Dickens published some of her earliest work in this periodical. She authored about twenty sentimental and melodramatic novels from 1890 to 1916, including 'Cross Currents' (1891), probably her best known work, 'A Mere Cypher' (1893), 'A Valiant Ignorance' (1894), and 'Prisoners of Silence' (1895). Her later works included 'Against the Tide' (1897), and 'On the Edge of a Precipice' (1899).
She also produced a number of books for children based on the novels of her grandfather, including 'Children's' Stories from Dickens' (1893) and 'Dickens' Dream Children' (1900).
During her later years she lived in Baliol Road in Hitchin. She never married, and died on the 136th anniversary of her grandfather's birth.
As a child she was known in the Dickens family as 'Mekitty', while she in turn called her grandfather Charles Dickens 'Venerables'. On his death in 1870 her father bought Gad's Hill Place in Kent, Dickens' country home, and she lived there until 1879 when it was sold after Charles Dickens, Jnr got into financial difficulties.
On the death of Charles Dickens, her father inherited the magazine 'All the Year Round', and Mary Angela Dickens published some of her earliest work in this periodical. She authored about twenty sentimental and melodramatic novels from 1890 to 1916, including 'Cross Currents' (1891), probably her best known work, 'A Mere Cypher' (1893), 'A Valiant Ignorance' (1894), and 'Prisoners of Silence' (1895). Her later works included 'Against the Tide' (1897), and 'On the Edge of a Precipice' (1899).
She also produced a number of books for children based on the novels of her grandfather, including 'Children's' Stories from Dickens' (1893) and 'Dickens' Dream Children' (1900).
During her later years she lived in Baliol Road in Hitchin. She never married, and died on the 136th anniversary of her grandfather's birth.
Novelist, journalist and writer, and the oldest grandchild of the celebrated novelist Charles Dickens. She was the oldest child of Charles Dickens, Jnr.
As a child she was known in the Dickens family as 'Mekitty', while she in turn called her grandfather Charles Dickens 'Venerables'. On his death in 1870 her father bought Gad's Hill Place in Kent, Dickens' country home, and she lived there until 1879 when it was sold after Charles Dickens, Jnr got into financial difficulties.
On the death of Charles Dickens, her father inherited the magazine 'All the Year Round', and Mary Angela Dickens published some of her earliest work in this periodical. She authored about twenty sentimental and melodramatic novels from 1890 to 1916, including 'Cross Currents' (1891), probably her best known work, 'A Mere Cypher' (1893), 'A Valiant Ignorance' (1894), and 'Prisoners of Silence' (1895). Her later works included 'Against the Tide' (1897), and 'On the Edge of a Precipice' (1899).
She also produced a number of books for children based on the novels of her grandfather, including 'Children's' Stories from Dickens' (1893) and 'Dickens' Dream Children' (1900).
During her later years she lived in Baliol Road in Hitchin. She never married, and died on the 136th anniversary of her grandfather's birth.
As a child she was known in the Dickens family as 'Mekitty', while she in turn called her grandfather Charles Dickens 'Venerables'. On his death in 1870 her father bought Gad's Hill Place in Kent, Dickens' country home, and she lived there until 1879 when it was sold after Charles Dickens, Jnr got into financial difficulties.
On the death of Charles Dickens, her father inherited the magazine 'All the Year Round', and Mary Angela Dickens published some of her earliest work in this periodical. She authored about twenty sentimental and melodramatic novels from 1890 to 1916, including 'Cross Currents' (1891), probably her best known work, 'A Mere Cypher' (1893), 'A Valiant Ignorance' (1894), and 'Prisoners of Silence' (1895). Her later works included 'Against the Tide' (1897), and 'On the Edge of a Precipice' (1899).
She also produced a number of books for children based on the novels of her grandfather, including 'Children's' Stories from Dickens' (1893) and 'Dickens' Dream Children' (1900).
During her later years she lived in Baliol Road in Hitchin. She never married, and died on the 136th anniversary of her grandfather's birth.
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