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Household Words

Household Words was the name of a weekly literary magazine edited by the well-known writer Charles Dickens in the 1850s. The name was revived for the journal edited by his son, Charles Dickens Jr. in the 1880s. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

Household Words began publishing in 1850. From 1850 to 1855 it was accompanied by a monthly supplement, "Household Narrative of Current Events". In 1859, Household Words ceased publication when Dickens went to a new publisher to start "All the Year Round". In the 1880s, Charles Dickens, Jr., revived the "Household Words" magazine, and the new incarnation ran until 1905 (presumably under other editors in its later run, as the younger Dickens died in 1896).

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1850-1859: HathiTrust has volumes 1-19 of the original magazine, available as page images.
• 1850: The Internet Archive has volume 1 of the original magazine, covering March 30 through September 21, 1850 (or numbers 1-26).
• 1850-1851: The Internet Archive has volume 2 of the original magazine, covering September 28, 1850 through March 22, 1851 (or numbers 27-52).
• 1851: The Internet Archive has volume 3 of the original magazine, covering March 29 through September 20, 1851 (or numbers 53-78).
• 1851-1852: The Internet Archive has volume 4 of the original magazine, covering September 27, 1851 through March 13, 1852 (or numbers 79-103).
• 1852: The Internet Archive has volume 5 of the original magazine, covering March 20 through September 11, 1852 (or numbers 104-129).
• 1852-1853: The Internet Archive has volume 6 of the original magazine, covering September 18, 1852 through February 26, 1853 (or numbers 130-153).
• 1853: The Internet Archive has volume 7 of the original magazine, covering March 5 through August 27, 1853 (or numbers 154-179).
• 1853-1854: Google Books has volume 8 of the original magazine, covering September 3, 1853 through February 11, 1854 (or numbers 180-203, and the extra Christmas number and a half).
• 1854: The Internet Archive has volume 9 of the original magazine, covering February 18 through August 12, 1854 (or numbers 204-229).
• 1854-1855: The Internet Archive has volume 10 of the original magazine, covering August 19, 1854 through January 27, 1855 (or numbers 230-253, and the extra Christmas number and a half).
• 1855: The Internet Archive has volume 11 of the original magazine, covering February 3 through July 28, 1855 (or numbers 254-279).
• 1855-1856: The Internet Archive has volume 12 of the original magazine, covering August 4, 1855 through January 12, 1856 (or numbers 280-303, and the extra Christmas number and a half).
• 1856: The Internet Archive has volume 13 of the original magazine, covering January 19 through July 12, 1856 (or numbers 304-329).
• 1856: The Internet Archive has volume 14 of the original magazine, covering July 19 through December 27, 1856 (or numbers 330-353, and the extra Christmas number and a half).
• 1857: The Internet Archive has volume 15 of the original magazine, covering January 3 through June 27, 1857 (or numbers 354-379).
• 1857: The Internet Archive has volume 16 of the original magazine, covering July 4 through December 12, 1857 (or numbers 380-403, and the extra Christmas number and a half).
• 1857-1858: The Internet Archive has volume 17 of the original magazine, covering December 19, 1857 through June 12, 1858 (or numbers 404-429).
• 1858: The Internet Archive has volume 18 of the original magazine, covering June 19 through November 27, 1858 (or numbers 430-453, and the extra Christmas number and a half).
• 1858-1859: The Internet Archive has volume 19 of the original magazine, covering December 4, 1858 through May 28, 1859 (or numbers 454-479).
• 1881-1884: HathiTrust has volumes 1-8 of the revived journal available as page images.

Related Resources

• The Household Narrative of Current Events, the supplement to the early run of this journal, is also available online.
• All the Year Round, the journal that succeeded the first incarnation of this publication, is also available online.

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