Friends of the Dickens Forum,
In mulling over the general subject of Dickens's politics, we wondered
whether Dickens ever voted in a public election? Was he qualified to
cast a ballot?
We came across one interesting letter sent to Thomas Hughes on
26 April 1864, which appears to be to the point:
"....I may, for anything I know,have a Finsbury vote in right of my office,
but I have never voted anad have never looked after the qualifications."
Faithfully,
Patrick McCarthy