Dickens works such as the Christmas stories were regularly turned into stage plays during his life, while today most people ...

The literary significance of "A Christmas Carol" by no means impedes the fun provided by the tale. As Wilson wrote, "A Christmas Carol" is as much a part of the holiday as the holly and the ivy.

Seventy years ago, in 1954, the late critic Eleanor Farjeon wrote an introduction to “Christmas Books by Charles Dickens” in which she stated of the five books, “The Cricket on the Hearth” (written in ...

Scholar of Charles Dickens who wrote a definitive biography and shone a light on the writer’s more neglected works ...

Author Charles Dickens is best known for his memorable cast of characters, including Ebenezer Scrooge, David Copperfield and Oliver Twist, shown here. The Granger Collection, NYC One of the most-read ...

CANBERRA, July 22 (Reuters Life!) - Writer Charles Dickens is lauded for chronicling the way of life in Victorian England in his novels but his treatment of his own wife was also indicative of society ...

An exhibition at a former home of Charles Dickens explores how the writer's work has been brought to life on stage and screen, and how a twist of fate could have led to an alternative life as an actor ...