The challenge is daunting: How do you reduce an epic, 800-page novel into a two-hour movie? When the author is Charles Dickens, there’s the added onus of pleasing his passionate following.

Veteran biographer A.N. Wilson takes on one of the most popular, prolific and puzzling writers in English literature in "The Mystery of Charles Dickens." ...

Rare Charles Dickens items to go on show at museum. Image source, CHARLES DICKENS MUSEUM. Image caption, ... Chef's food decoration at Chinese pre-school poisons 233 children. 8.

In London, there's a museum dedicated to Charles Dickens, housed in his old, lovingly preserved home near the King's Cross rail station. There are over 200 museums in London. This one wasn't ...

Living; Syracuse went ‘crazy’ when Charles Dickens visited in 1868. The writer was less impressed with the city. Published: ; Dec. 01, 2023, 4:00 p.m.

Now go to the junction of Mount Pleasant and Farringdon Road and turn right. The construction of Farringdon Road in 1845-6 cut through some of London's most infamous slums.

Today is the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, and you’d almost have to go out of your way to avoid the Victorian novelist in Philadelphia. […] ...