Dr. Scott Caddy

PhD Lit. Austen, 18C/19C Brit Lit, DH, public humanities. He/Him. @brittainfellows at Georgia Tech. Asst Editor, @DickensLetters. Same handle on bluesky

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

meet the librarian strict, silent, and slightly judgmental.

[Dickens Fellowship @DickensFellowHQ]

DOTD - 31/03/1851 - John Dickens, father of CD. 'My poor father died this morning at five and twenty minutes before six...He didn't know me, or any one, and quietly declined until he died.' To Thomas Beard 32/03/1851.

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

#WS18 gem: another to Lord John Russell, 27 July 1857. A long letter about James Fitzjames Stephen criticizing CD's fiction, Hans Christian Andersen's strange visit to the Dickens family, and events for the Jerrold remembrance fund. https://t.co/45V8OIr9NX

[The Dickens Society @Dickens_Society]

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming online event titled Dickens and Death. This free online event will feature three talks centered on the theme of Dickens and Death, followed by a live discussion and Q&A. Join us and register below:

https://t.co/SGHpNXxG3A

[Impressions @impression_ists]

Paul Cézanne

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

In 1836 Murray initiated the publisher’s series of popular continental guide books, which included the recently issued Murray’s Hand-Book for Travellers in France (1843) and Murray’s Hand-Book for Travellers in Central Italy, Including the Papal States, Rome, and Etruria (1843).

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

#WS18 gem: to John Murray III, publisher, dated 6 March 1844. CD thanks Murray for one of his guide books, 'I think of roaming into 'foreign parts' before the Summer is out'. CD departed for Genoa, via Paris and Marseille, on 2 July 1844. https://t.co/wcIQ5EKyod

[Dickens Fellowship @DickensFellowHQ]

OTD - 29/04/1858 - CD gives his first professional reading, from The Cricket on the Hearth, at St Martin's Hall in London.

[Vaillancourt Folk Art @chalkware]

Tickets now on sale for Nicholas Nickleby, a one-man performance by @DickensShows on Sept 20th at 7PM: https://t.co/XHCnMKxcxl

Experience Dickens’ classic brought to life by his great-great-grandson in a powerful, one-hour show.

#NicholasNickleby #LiveTheatre #DickensOnStage

[Dr Emily Vincent (dremilyvincent.bsky.social) @Emily__Vincent]

Drop me a line if you’d like to write a 2,000-word piece about topical 19C concerns for the Forums section of the new @WeAreTandF journal ‘Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research’ launching in 2026! 🎉✍️📄

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

One WS17 gem and call for assistance: dated 4 August 1847, to a Lilias Hope. The DLP found a Lilias Jane Hope and a Lilias Faith Hope on Ancestry, but they’re not the right ones. Any help in identifying the right Lilias Hope would be greatly appreciated! https://t.co/Psug3osnIL

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

All writers and readers should sign the @Soc_of_Authors petition. MIllions of books have been stolen. See the exposé in The Atlantic: https://t.co/418yiCpNxu

[Dickens Fellowship @DickensFellowHQ]

DOTD - 31/03/1851 - John Dickens. 'My poor father died this morning at five and twenty minutes to six.' To Forster 31/03/1851
https://t.co/XhHkFm85FH

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

Published tomorrow by Routledge: Associate Editor Jeremy Parrott's new book, David Copperfield Unbound. See his video: https://t.co/WmDKuiP2co

[The Birmingham & Midland Institute @bmi1854]

Happy 213th Birthday to the most successful British author of the Victorian era and former BMI President #charlesdickens
Dickens was our 16th President, after giving 3 readings at the @BMusic_Ltd (Town Hall) to raise funds for the Institute.
#birthday #OTD #Dickens #Birmingham

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

And, last, a happy birthday to our Assistant Editor @ProfBeardz who shares a birthday with Charles Dickens!

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

Speaking of portraits of CD!

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

#OnThisDay 1841: Began writing Barnaby Rudge.

[Charles Dickens Letters Project @DickensLetters]

#OnThisDay 1858: to Peter Le Neve Foster, asking "what on earth we [Society of the Arts] had to do with the marriage of the Princess Royal": https://t.co/QtzkkyRfSf

[ChawtonHouse @ChawtonHouse]

#OTD in 1813, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was published. As well as a timeless romance, Austen breathed life into beloved comic characters now firmly embedded in literary consciousness - who doesn't know a Mrs Bennet, or a Mr Collins? Happy Birthday Pride & Prejudice!