Five Weeks in the Country’ is a fictionalized account of the summer that Andersen overstayed his welcome at Dickens' country ...

Hulu’s Australian series “The Artful Dodger” is an energetic, fast paced period piece – it’s not going to knock your socks off, but it’s entertaining enough. Now streaming and based on the Charles ...

After Charles Dickens’s death in 1870, the first biographer to narrate his life and career was his closest friend. John Forster’s “The Life of Charles Dickens,” published in 1872, served for many ...

"A Christmas Carol," a globally celebrated timeless tale of heartwarming human redemption crafted as a haunting holiday ghost story, was published in London on this day in history, Dec. 19, 1843.

We all remember Charles Dickens for the classics we studied in school, like Great Expectations andA Tale of Two Cities. For me, too, Dickens was just the “famous writer” from my coursework, someone ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- "A Christmas Carol" is a holiday classic that was written nearly 200 years ago, but did you know it inspired some traditions we still have today? Author Charles Dickens has a ...

If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: Charles Dickens. Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, it's hard to ignore ...

This house has seen the best of times — and the worst of times. A stately London mansion tied to one of Charles Dickens’ most infamous fictional financiers has hit the market with a roughly $25 ...

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 ...

There's no humbug for this descendant of one of literature's all-time greats. A special rendition of "A Christmas Carol" took the stage at Long Island's Huntington Cinema Arts Center in the weeks ...