In 1913, British author and critic G.K. Chesterton, whose 1906 biography recast the waning reputation of Charles Dickens, wrote: “Dickens did not merely believe in the brotherhood of man in the weak ...
This reissued recording of Stewart's touted Broadway performance might prove to be the enduring interpretation of Dickens's beloved tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of past, present ...
Anyone who has read the Anne of Green Gables series (bear with me, men) might remember the chapter midway through Anne of the Island when Gilbert Blythe first proposes to Anne. It’s terribly exciting ...
It’s dawning on me that the marriage plot, which maps so well onto novels by Austen and the Brontës and George Eliot, is misapplied to Dickens. It is far more productive to think of him as a writer of ...
Better set some time aside for Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. The talk show host has selected a pair of Dickens classics, "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Great Expectations." Better set some time ...
Colorful caricatures from Charles Dickens' novels have become fixtures of our 21st-century imagination. There is the cunning Artful Dodger, Oliver Twist's swaggering pickpocket; David Copperfield's ...
Bleak House is a novel by English author Dickens, which was first published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and ...
correctionAn earlier version of this review incorrectly described Flora Finching as a character in “Dombey and Son.” She is a character in “Little Dorrit.” This version has been corrected. Perhaps ...
Commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, the transfers are promised to brim with Knight’s unique style, creating a boxed-set of Dickens’ ...
The two last books chosen for the Oprah Book Club are classic Charles Dickens novels, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Oprah announced on Monday that for her Oprah Book Club selections she ...
DEVENTER, Netherlands (AP) — 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.
Fans are balking at a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations" that includes a spanking scene, opium usage and other controversial themes that are not apparent in the classic ...