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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mike Leigh and his longtime collaborator Marianne Jean-Baptiste search for answers in their latest tour de force ...

This right here, just makes sense. Sumerian Entertainment (which is a subsidiary of Sumerian Records) has just taken over The Hard Times and its Hard Drive video game branch. Matt Saincome, CEO of the ...

“Hard Truths,” a Bleecker Street release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for language.