Why Dickens' Wife Left Her 10 Children and the Writer

Catherine Dickens is far less known than her legendary husband, Charles. When you think about Victorian novels, his name is the first one to pop up. But the story of Mrs. Dickens’ life is very much like a novel itself. Catherine was not only a brave traveler, but a good actress, an excellent cook, and even a writer. She acted in Charles’ amateur plays and wrote and published a cookbook that was a bestseller.

So, why did this woman of many talents, a devoted wife and mother of 10 make a desperate move and divorced her husband? For many years Dickens’ biographers treated her as foolish and impulsive, but it’s high time you knew the truth about her!