Mary Hogarth Mary Hogarth Mary Scott Hogarth (26 October 1819 – 7 May 1837) was the sister of Catherine Dickens ( Hogarth) and the sister-in-law of Charles Dickens. Hogarth first met Charles Dickens aged 14, and after Dickens married Hogarth's sister Catherine, Mary lived with the couple for a year. Hogarth died suddenly in 1837, which caused Dickens to miss the publication dates for two novels: "The Pickwick Papers" and "Oliver Twist". Hogarth later became the inspiration for a number of characters in Dickens novels, including Rose Maylie in "Oliver Twist" and Little Nell in "The Old Curiosity Shop". Charles and Catherine
Catherine Gore of the Day" (1830), "Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb" (1841), and "The Banker's Wife" (1843). She wrote articles in "Bentley's Miscellany" under the pseudonym "Albany Poyntz". She also wrote for the stage, and composed music. Gore's 1861 obituary in "The Times" concluded that Gore was "the best novel writer of her class and the wittiest woman of her age." Catherine Gore Catherine Grace Frances Gore (née Moody; 12 February 1798 – 29 January 1861) was a prolific English novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant of Retford. She is among the best known of the silver fork