Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 304, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1934 — Page 10

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CHARLES DICKENS At the Height of His Career

The First Interlude Burning, Fervid Youth An all consuming love for the beautiful Maria Beadnell. filled the four years of Dickens’ life from 19 to 22 (1830- ] 33). It was a period filled with the greatest joy and erstacy, alternating with moments of supreme anguish. The “First Interlude” witnessed the heartbreak of one of England's greatest geniuses.

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Dickens we now know was violently and passionately in love during his early manhood. The girl was the daughter of a well to do family, he the son of a debtor prisoner. Her parents objected to the attentions of the gay, irresponsible young newspaper man. They separated. But love of the kind Dickens possessed was not easily thrust aside. It haunted him, transformed him, spurred him on until it redestined his entire career. These charming and beautiful love letters of Dickens to the sweetheart of his boyhood constitute a dramatic autobiography in themselves, far more intimate, more sincere and more glowing than he could have written had he not for the moment been completely subjugated by the influence and remembrance of the one and only great love of his life!

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CHARLES DICKENS —and— MARIA BEADXELL As Pictured During Their Ardent Courtship I

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MARIA BEADNELL Re-Enters His Life Years Later

The Second Interlude Astounding Reactions in Maturity Two and twenty were “the years that the locust hath eaten” ere Maria again entered the life of the lover she had formerly scorned. Dickens was now a world figure, feted by royalty. So deep was the impress she had made upon his heart in his youth that he welcomed her with an ardent fervor that must have surprised and overwhelmed her. The circumstances, as preserved in Dickens own letters to Maria, surpass fiction.

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