where would you find charles dickens swiss cottage?

Answer 1

There was a movement around at the time of Dickens, to visit the mountains, and the artichtecture of Switzerland started to be used in holiday accomaodation in England. The most famous of these buildings is on the Finchley Road - whichhas been an important route into and out of London since it was built in the 1830s. The building s an unusual inn, built on one of its major junctions, was even the inspiration for the name of the surrounding area, Swiss Cottage.

It still retains a slightly bohemian feel - a throwback to the 1930s, which saw refugees from mainland Europe arrive in large numbers. These included psychologist Sigmund Freud, whose home is now a museum dedicated to his life and work.

The holiday style of Architecture for hotels in the swiss style was adopted by some writers and artists for thier own garden furniture -espically those who had travlled a lot.

Dickens was a great traveller, who lived and worked in many places. His father worked for the Royal Navy and moved his family many times. Charles was born in Portsmouth, where his father worked in Portsmouth Dockyard as a pay clerk. The office where John Dickens worked survives, just inside the dockyard gates. The family then lived in London, at various addresses, and then on the Isle of Sheppey. In April 1817 there was another move to Chatham, Kent when John Dickens was posted to Chatham Dockyard. Another move to London followed, once again at various addresses.

In adult life Charles continued this restless pattern of movement, living in London, Paris, Switzerland, Italy, and visiting America.

Eastgate House in Rochester High Street , usually the home of the Dickens Centre, is presently closed for redevelopment. The house won't be open again until 2008.

In the grounds stands the Swiss Chalet from Gads Hill. Gads Hill was a house which Dickens had admired as a boy, and dreamt of being successful enough to own. In 1855, following his latest success with Hard Times, Dickens saw the house for sale, and bought it. He spent the troubled last part of his life here, following the spilt from his wife. It was here that he wrote, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Most of his writing was done in the chalet, which was a present from an actor friend. He had mirrors lining the walls of the chalet, to reflect the view of the trees outside the windows, and make it appear that he was working in the treetops.

Answer 2

Do you mean Swiss Cottage in London? Or are you implying something weird? If you mean in London, then it's on the jubilee line (that's the grey one) on the Underground. I used to live near there, the pub (The Swiss Cottage) is a bit rubbish but they do good food there. There's also a lovely Thai restaurant just opposite the Odeon cinema (which is fairly cheap by London's standards) and there is also a Chinese restaurant down the road which is great.

Does any of this help, or have I just wasted time?

Answer 3

The Swiss Chalet where Dickens died is now preserved in the Charles Dickens Centre, Rochester Kent.

Originally it was in Gadshill, between Gravesend & Rochester on the A226.

Answer 4

Darwinist's fail at step one. They deliberately skip over the real title of Darwin's book which is, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life." Darwin was a racist. Marx agreed with Darwin. Darwinists believe they originally came from a rock and the rock came from nothing. Dickens also wrote fiction but he was a partly reasonable man unlike Darwin. Like Darwin he was somewhat of a racist but not with the same diabolically sharp edge as what Darwin had. For example Dickens wanted to civilize what he called the "noble savages". He didn't want to kill them all.

Answer 5

He had a swiss cottage in his garden.

Answer 6

North London...

Answer 7

At his home at Gad's Hill Place, Kent.

Answer 8

idk but i do know that his birthplace was portsmouth hampshire