Dickens-Land

A guided tour of the Kent countryside and towns associated with the novelist, blending topographical description, local history and numerous illustrations of houses, churches, inns, marshes and lanes. The narrative follows promenades and routes linking Gadshill Place, Rochester, Maidstone, Gravesend and surrounding villages, identifying landmarks that correspond to episodes and settings in his fiction. Throughout, the author considers how childhood recollection and later residence infused the landscape with imaginative meaning. Combined plates and vignettes make the book a practical and affectionate travel sketchbook for readers tracing the tangible origins of familiar literary scenes.