While in Broadstairs, we did have a look at a few Dickens sites, of course, starting off with Fort House (or Bleak House) above.
Have just read that Dickens holidayed at Fort House during the 1850s and 1860s, and wrote David Copperfield during his time there.
He is also said to have written Bleak House there too.
We also had a quick look at the place where Dickens had written part of Nicholas Nickleby, now called the Sea View Bar:
Which had a plaque showing that Dickens had stayed there in the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s:
Was nice to get a feel of Dickens around Broadstairs, including on a B&B door:
Yeah, Old Fagin ("You've got to pick a pocket or two ...") from Oliver Twist.
Have only read Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Hard Times by Dickens. Should really make the effort to read his bigger novels, but finding free time is difficult.
The (Broadstairs Dickens Festival) link below gives a lot more information about Dickens' association with Broadstairs:
https://www.broadstairsdickensfestival.co.uk/dickens-and-broadstairs
Dickens must've thought a lot of Broadstairs as he eulogised it as "Our English Watering Place", the text of which can be found in the link below:
https://linguabooster.com/en/en/book/our-english-watering-place#page-11
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