Searching information about Camden Town it is remarkable to name some of the famous artists this place attracted. I guess the spirit or the ghosts of all of them are still floating around .
… I see myself walking there and having the feeling of falling in love at first time. That sensation of: “this place is for me”. An immediate connection. Now I have a clue about why I can´t help being stuck to it…
Dylan Thomas, the Welsh poet (1914-1953) lived in Camden Town during the 1930s. It is said that his stay in Camden was not a particularly happy one.
Charles Dickens (1812-70) stayed in Bayham Street in 1823. A small plaque marks the site of his home. South Camden later featured in the novel OLIVER TWIST. Nearby, Hampstead formed the backdrop for the PICKWICK PAPERS.
George Orwell (1903-50, real name Eric Blair) lived in Camden during the 1930s. Orwell, a former Burmese imperial policeman, is best remembered for his futuristic novel 1984 and the political parable ANIMAL FARM.
Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) stayed in Royal College Street Camden Town with his friend Paul Verlaine during 1873. Rimbaud is best remembered for his poem LES ILLUMINATIONS. Later that year, Verlaine shot Rimbaud with a revolver.
Mary Shelley (ne. Wollstonecraft 1797-1851), the original author of the gothic horror story FRANKENSTEIN (1818) and the wife of the poet Percy B. Shelley, was born in Camden.
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