Novels only ‘reinforced Victorian stereotypes’ of meek women to give readers what they wanted, says curator ...

nepalnepal — Charles Dickens’ London home has gone from “Bleak House” to “Great Expectations.” For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and ...

Visitors to London can walk in the footsteps of one of the city's literary giants, enjoying some spooky Christmas fun, a bit of history, and a pint of Nut Brown Ale. On my first visit to London, a ...

A new collection of Victorian photographs conjures up the winding streets and smoking factories of the city that inspired Charles Dickens. 18 January 2012 • 9:47am Dickens's Victorian London is a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Seven Dials, in central London, was synonymous with poverty and crime, a black hole to most Londoners. Charles Dickens stormed it with pen and paper. The Print Collector / Alamy Seven Dials, in ...

Charles Dickens, who was born 200 years ago this week, created some of the best-known and most loved figures in English literature, from Oliver Twist and David Copperfield to Pip, Miss Havisham and ...

'Tis The Season for classic Christmas stories -- which is why so many readers say "What the Dickens!" Mo Rocca has been to London: If you want to see London through the eyes of Charles Dickens, tour ...

Was Dickens a Tube traveller? The very idea seems absurd. Dickens belongs to the old, foggy London of yore. Think of Dickensian London and you do not think of Tube trains. Charles Dickens lived until ...