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A tale of two lovers: Could rare letters by Charles Dickens’ sister-in-law hint at secret affair?

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Never-before-seen letters written by Charles Dickens’s sister-in-law could shed surprising new light into the life of the famed author and his family.

An extensive collection of 120 letters written by Dickens’s “best and truest friend” Georgina Hogarth offers a window into some of the most debated events in the Great Expectation author’s life, including his divorce and infidelities.

Georgina Hogarth, sister-in-law, housekeeper, and confidante, lived with Charles Dickens from 1842, when she was aged 15, until Dickens’s

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