Heralded as one of the best—if not the best—novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens longed for fame from an early age ...

A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself — and in the works of Charles Dickens ... ran “as hard as he could ...

As New York Times critic A ... for wealth accumulation. While Charles Dickens critiques industrialization and the mistreatment of the poor, his protagonists often succeed through virtues like hard ...

He popularised the cliffhanger, he pioneered the episode, he made sure that audiences were hooked to a story so well-told that the finale, published months after the beginning, did not lose a single ...

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, set during the tumultuous ... The novel’s famous opening line – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” – quite aptly ...

Yet as a summary for 1949 the judgment was too jaundiced ... Most fortunate in his biographer was Charles Dickens, who profited by Hesketh Pearson’s lively interest in Dickens: His Character ...

While most people think of snow, fireplaces, and opening up gifts when they think of Christmas, John McClane from Die Hard has other ... originally a Charles Dickens novella written in 1843 ...

The daytime disco is so popular they've had to extend opening times, and organisers are looking ... Mark often dresses up as Charles Dickens and people stop him for a photo - but he only charges ...

Enter the world of Charles Dickens in an London exhibition of portraits, private letters, rare manuscripts at the author's ...

The town's link to Dickens is Emmy Strik, who started the weekend-long festival to protest rules against keeping her antique shop open on Sunday. Strik and other shopowners dressed up in the 19th ...