History & Culture
Story Weaving: Charles Dickens's Working Notes
Victoria and Albert Museum · Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL
2 July 2026
The V&A's National Art Library holds the largest collection of Dickens manuscripts in the world, including the working notes he kept for every serial novel he published. Dr. Anna Gibson's lunchtime lecture reveals a writer always pacing one chapter ahead of what his readers had read.
Story Weaving: Charles Dickens's Working Notes
Victoria and Albert Museum