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Eddie Dickens

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Eddie Dickens is a character from a series of books written by the children's author Philip Ardagh. Eddie first appeared in Awful End (known as A House Called Awful End in the USA[1]) and has appeared in a total of six books. Ardagh originally created Eddie Dickens in letters written to his nephew Ben.

Books about Eddie

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Eddie appears in:

Eddie's Family

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Notable Relatives include:

Mad Uncle Jack

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Technically Eddie's Mad Great Uncle Jack. He is married to Even Madder Aunt Maud

Even Madder Aunt Maud

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Mad Uncle Jack's wife. She is Eddie's Even Madder Great Aunt Maud. She carries a stuffed stoat 'Malcolm' around with her and regularly brandishes it as a weapon. Although she is mad she attempts to come up with reasonable explanations for her mad antics.

Malcolm/Sally

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Even Madder Aunt Maud's Stuffed Stoat.[7] Mad Uncle Jack believes the stoats name to be Sally. Although according to Even Madder Aunt Maud the stoat is named Malcolm.[8] The incorrect use of Malcom's name runs thought the book.

Eddie's Parents

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Eddie goes to live with his great aunt and great uncle because his parents catch a fever "that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of old hot water bottles".[9]

Eddie's Mother

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Eddie's Mother is known as Mrs Dickens though in Final Curtain we discover her first name is Florinda.

Eddie's Father

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Eddie's Father is known as Mr Dickens, though in Final Curtain we discover that his first name is Laudanum

Illustrator

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The Eddie Dickens series was illustrated by David Roberts. He provided the illustrations for all six books in the series.[10][11]

More about the Author

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Philip Ardagh is an English children's author, primarily known for this series. He has written more than 100 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction. Eddie Dickens was one of his early works and the first instalment was published in 2000[12]

20 Years of Eddie Dickens

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2020 is the 20th anniversary of Eddie Dickens in print. The first book Awful End was published in the year 2000. The Eddie Dickens Trilogy has a newly published special 20th anniversary edition.

Eddie Dickens Books

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Eddie Dickens is now published in two books with three of the stories in each. These are The Eddie Dickens Trilogy[13] and The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens[14]

Awards

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The First Book Awful End won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis a German literary prize.[15] This version was translated into German by Harry Rowohlt a highly respected German translator.

References

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  1. ^ American Version. ISBN 0805068287.
  2. ^ "Dreadful Acts by Philip Ardagh | Scholastic". www.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  3. ^ "Terrible Times". Public Store View. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  4. ^ "Dubious Deeds (The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens, #1)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  5. ^ "Horrendous Habits (The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens, #2)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  6. ^ "9780571217113: Final Curtain (Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens - Book 3) - AbeBooks - Ardagh, Philip: 0571217117". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  7. ^ "Video showing Malcom the stuffed stoar". YouTube.
  8. ^ "MalcolmStuffedStoat (@MalcolmStoat) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  9. ^ "Awful End". Public Store View. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  10. ^ "The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens by Philip Ardagh, David Roberts | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  11. ^ "The Eddie Dickens Trilogy by Philip Ardagh, David Roberts | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  12. ^ "A House Called Awful End by Philip Ardagh: 9780807218884 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  13. ^ "The Eddie Dickens Trilogy by Philip Ardagh, David Roberts | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  14. ^ "The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens by Philip Ardagh, David Roberts | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  15. ^ www.akj.de, AKJ-. "Schlimmes Ende". Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-06.