2. Ugly Break-Up
Of course, leaving his aging wife for a woman little older than their children is one thing, but Dickens wanted to get the world on his side to avoid the scandal. He went on the warpath, calling Catherine an “unloving and unloved mother,” a “donkey” who wasn’t worthy of his intellect, and he even blamed her for giving him so many children (the same children he was eager to claim custody over, mind you). Of course, since this was the man who wrote A Christmas Carol, people were quick to take his side back then and sweep the awkwardness under the rug, so they could keep praising his books.
1. She was Worth Twelve of You, Charlie
Surprisingly, Catherine Dickens never bothered to refute the horrid slander which Dickens unleashed against her. She stayed loyal to him, despite his no longer deserving it. Upon her deathbed in 1879, she gathered a number of letters of correspondence between her and Dickens. She handed them over to her daughter, Kate, insisting that she deliver the, “to the British Museum—that the world may know [Charles] loved [her] once.” It’s become damn clear to us that Dickens needed three or four ghosts to give him a few good kicks in the pants, to put it politely.
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