GEORGINA HOGARTH

1827 -1917

"The best and truest friend man can ever had."

Dickensīs sister-in-law. Nearly thirty years she devoted herself to him and his family having become a permanent member of the household when she was only fifteen. She kept everything running after the separation of Dickens and his wife Catherine. The last twelve years of Dickens life Georgina ran his household at Gadīs Hill. She was next to him when Dickens died.

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