Abel Magwitch Abel Magwitch Abel Magwitch is a fictional character from Charles Dickens's 1861 novel, "Great Expectations". Charles Dickens set his story in about 1800, setting his character Abel Magwitch to meet a man called Compeyson at the Epsom Races. Compeyson, Dickens wrote, had been brought up in a boarding school and was an attractive, charming gentleman. Magwitch, at the same time, began a relationship with a mentally unstable woman named Molly, who later stood trial for murder. Jaggers, her defense attorney, convinced the jury that she was too weak to have strangled the woman. Molly was acquitted and became (unknown to
Charles Dickens Jr. published (jointly with his father-in-law) the first editions of his two main dictionaries, "Dickens's Dictionary of London" and "Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames". In 1882 his dictionaries were picked up by Macmillan & Co. who also released his third dictionary, "Dickens's Dictionary of Paris", delayed by verifications explained in its introduction. Charles Dickens died of heart disease, at his home in Fulham, London, on 20 July 1896, aged 59. He was buried at Mortlake Cemetery on 23 July 1896. Dickens' estate was worth £17 5s. 3d at his death, and his widow was granted a government pension of £100 per