高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年2月6日星期一

Charles Dickens's world of interiors – in pictures


From his time at his first London home, Charles Dickens was fascinated with interior decoration and threw himself into the choosing of furniture, paint colours and wallpaper designs as well as the installation of a shower and a conservatory. Here, we show some of the rooms in his first home at 48 Doughty Street in London (now the Charles Dickens Museum), his holiday home in Broadstairs, Kent, and Gad's Hill Place, Kent, where he died in 1870.

Dickens at work in his study at Gad's Hill Place.
The bedroom of Mary Hogarth, Catherine Dickens's sister, at Doughty Street, London.
The dining room at Dickens' clifftop holiday home in Broadstairs in Kent – renamed Bleak House (from Fort House) after his death.
The drawing room at 48 Doughty Street, London – now the Charles Dickens Museum.
The drawing room at 48 Doughty Street, now the Charles Dickens Museum.
The hallway of 48 Doughty Street, now The Charles Dickens Museum.
The Library at 48 Doughty Street, London, now The Charles Dickens Museum.