Cover of Household words, No. 2, April 6, 1850

Household words, No. 2, April 6, 1850

Edited by Charles Dickens

Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's Henry V: "Familiar in his mouth as household words." (This summary is from Wikipedia.)

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