# Charles Dickens — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Charles Dickens in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dickens

**First appearance:** 0011-iii

## Who they are

Novelist whose descriptions of cities are referenced for social critique.

## Relationships

### [Bassett Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/bassett_jones)

_social_

Jones was an architect who admired Dickens's writings, and their connection is through shared cultural circles rather than direct collaboration.

## In the story

### [The Heritage of the Renaissance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/ii-the-heritage-of-the-renaissance)

Mentioned as being dazzled by the whiteness of colonial architecture on his first visit to America, thinking all houses were built only yesterday.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii)

Dickens is mentioned as being dazzled by the whiteness of colonial architecture on his first visit to America, thinking all the houses had been built only yesterday.

### [The Classical Myth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii-the-classical-myth)

Referenced regarding his first visit to America and the persistence of the classical myth.

### [The Classical Myth and the American Renaissance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/i)

Referenced for his first visit to America, where the classical myth had not yet disappeared, and for his caricature of the republican hero as General Cyrus Choke.

### [IV: The Diaspora of the Pioneer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv-the-diaspora-of-the-pioneer)

Referenced through the character of Mr. Wemmick's villa in Great Expectations, illustrating the absurdity of romantic architectural conceits.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/i)

Referenced for the character Mr. Wemmick's villa in 'Great Expectations,' illustrating the romantic conceit of drawbridges and moats as a relic of Walpole's influence.

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