A "Proto-Beatle" in Cleveland: Charles Dickens' Cleveland Encounter (April 25, 1842)

Name: A "Proto-Beatle" in Cleveland: Charles Dickens' Cleveland Encounter (April 25, 1842)
Start: 2026-07-25T13:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-25T14:15:00
Location: Cleveland Public Library – Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Portrait painted in 1842 of 30-year-old Charles Dickens by artist Francis Alexander.

When: Sat., July 25, 1:30-2:15 p.m.

Free

Join us for a discussion of Charles Dickens’ 1842 New World discovery tour, including his motivations for visiting America, his perilous Atlantic crossing, the objectives he hoped to accomplish, and the unforeseen backlash the tour provoked. Also highlighted will be Dickens’s raucous Cleveland interlude — a tale of chagrin, cheekiness, effrontery, and PEEPING!

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