What is written on Charles Dickens' tombstone?

Answer 1

In the Memory of

Jane Austen

youngest daughter of the Late

Rev.d George Austen

formerly rector of Steventon in this County

She departed this Life on the 18th of July, 1817,

Aged 41, after a long illness supported with

the patience and the hopes of a Christian

Answer 2

Charles Dickens' tombstone reads: "To the Memory of Charles Dickens, who died at his residence, Gad's Hill, Higham, near Rochester, Kent, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years. He was a guide to noble purposes, a philanthropist, and a friend."

Answer 3

In Memory of

JANE AUSTEN,

youngest daughter of the late

Revd GEORGE AUSTEN,

formerly Rector of Steventon in this County She departed this Life on the 18th of July1817, aged 41, after a long illness supported with the patience and hopes of a Christian.

The benevolence of her heart,

the sweetness of her temper, and

the extraordinary endowments of her mind obtained the regard of all who knew her and the warmest love of her intimate connections.

Their grief is in proportion to their affection they know their loss to be irreparable,

but in their deepest affliction they are consoled by a firm though humble hope that her charity, devotion, faith and purity have rendered

her soul acceptable in the sight of her

REDEEMER.

Answer 4

According to the Wikipedia entry on Charles Dickens: "Contrary to his wish to be buried in Rochester Cathedral, he was laid to rest in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. The inscription on his tomb reads: "He was a sympathiser to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world." "