Heralded as one of the best—if not the best—novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens longed for fame from an early age. And, after a difficult childhood beset by financial troubles, he set out ...

Thus in Charles Dickens ... love and generosity. Dickens offers only a glimpse of 19th century London squalor. The reality was grim. These were hard times. In 1840 on average 25 percent of ...

DEVENTER, Netherlands — The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life.

Oliver Twist, Ebeneezer Scrooge and Miss Havisham were among the characters at hand ... The town's link to Dickens is Emmy Strik, who started the weekend-long festival to protest rules against ...

The Dutch city of Deventer on Saturday transformed into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life. Oliver Twist, Ebenezer ...