Eleven letters were acquired by the Charles Dickens Museum in London from a private seller in the United States — a country Dickens visited twice on popular public reading tours.

Mrs. Dickens was accompanied by her favorite waiting-maid, Ann—a warm-hearted English girl,—I believe London born and bred,—and devotedly attached to the family.

Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of ...

LONDON – A lost portrait of Charles Dickens and 25 of his unpublished letters will go on display for the first time after a major acquisition from a private collector. The Charles Dickens mus… ...

Born in Portsmouth, England, on February 7, 1812, author Charles Dickens will forever be linked to the streets of 19th-century London, where so many of his books took place. But there's a lot to ...

BBC iPlayer is home to a number of the most well-reviewed and beloved novel adaptations in recent history, with one ...

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 ...

Charles Dickens loved puzzles. The British novelist, who died in 1870 at age 58, often wrote in a shorthand only he understood—he called it "the devil's handwriting" and a "savage stenographic ...

Dickens visited the state in 1842, but he was also a celebrity with a social agenda. You might cringe at the idea of comparing Charles Dickens to Lady Gaga, but he also used the power that comes ...

Charles Dickens, the beloved author of “A Christmas Carol,” thought Syracuse was a dump. But even so, somehow, he managed to make a lifelong fan of one young Syracuse boy. “I am here,” he ...

Review: “Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again” (2.5 stars) When: Through Dec. 22 Where: The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes ...