Eddie Dickens is the lead character in six books by British author Philip Ardagh

Philip Ardagh

Philip Ardagh is an English children's author, primarily known for the Eddie Dickens series of books. He has written more than 70 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction....

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• Awful End
  Awful End
  Awful End is a 2000 children's novel by Philip Ardagh and the first book of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, which was followed by The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens....
  
   (US: A House called Awful End)
• Dreadful Acts,
• Terrible Times,
• Dubious Deeds
• Horrendous Habits
• Final Curtain

and a number of Christmas short-stories specially written for Philip Ardagh's website.

The character first appeared in print in the UK in 2000, but originally as a character in letters from Philip Ardagh to his young nephew Ben, who lived in Moscow at the time. Eddie's adventures have been translated into over 30 languages.

Eddie

The son of Laudanum and Florinda Dickens (referred to as Mr and Mrs Dickens throughout), Eddie is usually a victim of circumstances in a Victorian world populated by absurd relatives, including Mad Uncle Jack, Even Madder Aunt Maud

Even Madder Aunt Maud

Even Madder Aunt Maud is one of the principal characters in Philip Ardagh's best-selling books 'The Eddie Dickens Trilogy'. She is completely mad, even madder than her husband Mad Uncle Jack. Since 55 years ago, since her from her husband get a clock should they become 76 years old...

 and her stuffed stoat named Malcolm

Malcolm

Malcolm, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to:-Nobility:* Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl, Mormaer of Atholl between 1153/9 and the 1190s* Máel Coluim I of Strathclyde, ruler of the Kingdom of Strathclyde...

(or is it Sally?). He also has an identical cousin named Fabian, but is unaware of his existence until the fifth book, Horrendous Habits. Eddie’s father is the only one to know that they are all simply characters in Mr Ardagh’s books.