charles dickens
How Shakespeare helped shape Christmas as we know it today
Is “Hamlet," written by William Shakespeare, a Christmas play?
'The Artful Dodger' is a bloody and quirky take on Charles Dickens: review
Hulu’s Australian series “The Artful Dodger” is an energetic, fast paced period piece. It’s not going to win any awards, but it’s entertaining enough.
What Christmas movie should you watch based on your zodiac sign?
While we can't all be drinking mulled wine in flannel pajamas while gazing longingly into the miraculously straight teeth of a love interest, we can siphon a similar feeling through...
Neo-Nazi terror offender ordered to read Jane Austen as punishment
Ben John, 22, had been sentenced to the equivalent of a freshman reading list after he was found with nearly 68,000 documents from terror and occult groups as well as...
Whine & cheese: First-known Christmas card was slammed for depicting boozing kids
Drunk children remain one of history's funniest tropes.
Charles Dickens' unpublished letters and lost portrait to go on display
LONDON - A lost portrait of Charles Dickens and 25 of his unpublished letters will go on display for the first time after a major acquisition from a private collector....
World's first Christmas card will get you in the holiday spirit
Nothing screams "Merry Christmas!" quite like a handmade card. See the world's first printed holiday message, designed way back in 1843. Learn about its unique history, the creator behind the...
150-year-old letter from Charles Dickens found
Charles Dickens, best known for writing "A Christmas Carol" nearly 170 years ago, passed away in 1870.
What the Dickens? Scrooge has #MeToo moment in FX's 'A Christmas Carol'
What did Charles Dickens ever do to Steven Knight? Knight, the force behind Yorkshire crime drama “Peaky Blinders” and the nonsensical Tom Hardy Victorian stew called “Taboo,” has gotten his...
Guy Pearce's 'A Christmas Carol' gives tale a bleak spin
Scrooge's "soul is pretty wretched," says executive producer Steven Knight.
'A Christmas Carol' trailer: Guy Pearce is 'f--king' Scrooge for FX
The Dickens holiday tale is getting a potty-mouthed revamp.
'A Christmas Carol' saved Dickens from crushing debt
It isn’t really Christmas without “A Christmas Carol.” Since 1843, when Charles Dickens published what he called his “little Christmas book,” it’s never gone out of print — selling countless...
Why Charles Dickens was the Springsteen of his time
One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Dickens came to America to give the people what they wanted: “A Christmas Carol,” read by the British writer himself. Some 2,500 people...
These spooky words by Dickens should be brought back from the dead
Halloween might not have been big in Victorian Britain, but Charles Dickens certainly knew a thing or two about giving us the willies. He created the world’s most famous ghost...
British Library puts literary treasures online
LONDON — The British Library is putting hundreds of its most valuable literary resources online, from the Bronte sisters' childhood writings to William Blake's notebook. The new website features digital...
It should have been a 'far, far better' film
That Charles Dickens had a longstanding affair with the actress Ellen Ternan, who was 28 years his junior, is widely accepted by scholars. But there’s almost no documentation; he burned...
'Great Expectations' honorable, but unnecessary
An honorable, sober but completely unnecessary take on the Dickens novel, “Great Expectations” serves as a fine introduction to the story but won’t excite those familiar with previous versions. Pip...
Jeremy Irvine talks Charles Dickens and more
Jeremy Irvine didn’t have much of an acting career before he met Steven Spielberg. In fact, the reel of “past work” he used to have was fake and filmed by...