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The article mentions Dickens a couple of times, but neglects to talk about when Dickens told Andersen that if he was ever in London he should drop in. The casua
by robin_reala 1y ago
The article mentions Dickens a couple of times, but neglects to talk about when Dickens told Andersen that if he was ever in London he should drop in. The casual invitation turned into a five week stay despite increasingly panicky hints from the Dickens family that he should really leave.
- dang 1y agoIs there a source about that you could link to? Not challenging you, just interested to read about it!
- robin_reala 1y agoI read about this in Odense at either his house or the museum? But it looks like it’s made his Wikipedia page,[1] with a Danish citation.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen#Meetings_with_Charles_Dickens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen#Meetin... [2] https://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/?page_id=3683 https://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/?page_id=3683
- LambdaComplex 1y agoThere's also a solo tabletop RPG that someone made about it: https://x.com/Sotherans/status/1513210507506954250?lang=en https://x.com/Sotherans/status/1513210507506954250?lang=en
- dang 1y agoThat's hilarious!
- throw-qqqqq 1y agoHCA is famous for overstaying his welcome when invited. There was a pattern :D