The evil side of Charles Dickens: He wanted to lock his wife in an insane asylum to live with his mistress
The breakdown of the 22-year marriage of writer Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens has been well documented. As well as the author's cruelty to his wife, writes "Style". However, after a trove of newly discovered letters surfaced, it emerged that Dickens went so far as to plan to commit his perfectly healthy wife to a mental institution, all in order to…