Charles Dickens was a man whose life had many roles, only one of which was author. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) is best remembered as the English author of “A Christmas Carol,” published in ...

Now that the pandemic has returned and many are quarantined in their houses, perhaps the sale of books and e-books will soar. Of special interest is England’s greatest popular and literary writer, ...

Not many people know that Charles Dickens was an actor as well as a writer. A workaholic who was haunted by memories of his impoverished childhood, when he worked in a blacking factory, Dickens was ...

LONDON — Handwritten letters by one of Britain’s most famous authors, Charles Dickens, will go on public display for the first time this week, giving a fresh insight into the Victorian writer’s life ...

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.

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Claire Tomalin, read by Alex Jennings. Tantor Media, unabridged, 13 CDs, 16.5 hrs., $49.99 ISBN 978-1-4526-0864-8 Tomalin’s sprawling biography of one of history’s most revered literary figures—with ...