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Augustus Newnham Dickens (10 November 1827 – 4 October 1866) was the youngest brother of English novelist Charles Dickens, and the inspiration for Charles's pen name 'Boz'. Augustus emigrated to America and pursued various careers including as a land agent in Chicago.
À l'instar de Miguel de Cervantes, Dickens a conçu un héros donquichottesque 6 dont les excentricités, loin d'agacer les lecteurs, le rendent aimable et touchant ; comme son prédécesseur espagnol, Dickens cloue au pilori ses détracteurs en les humiliant plus qu'il ne le fait du héros.
Some two years ago Mr. Augustus N. Dickens died, leaving his widow and her large family unprovided for, strangers in a strange land.
24 juin 2004 · Charles Dickens’s worldwide fame gave his brother Augustus a name that opened doors even in the rough-hewn Illinois of the 1850s. But the author cut off all contact with his younger brother...
9 mars 2022 · Augustus Dickens (1827-October 4, 1866) Dickens' youngest brother. Dickens helped Augustus get a job with a wealthy merchant in London (Johnson, 1952, p. 494-495). Augustus' wife became blind and he left her and went to America with another woman with whom he lived as man and wife.
11 sept. 2018 · Augustus Newnham Dickens. Birthdate: November 10, 1827. Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England. Death: October 04, 1866 (38) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States (died from tuberculosis in Chicago, America) Place of Burial:
On Tuesday, January 26, at 1 p.m. Eastern, Lucinda Hawksley will give an online talk about Charles Dickens's brother Augustus (her own "great x4 uncle"), based on her own research conducted in his town of Chicago.
