When his father was called to London again to be a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, the elder Dickens amassed so much debt that the entire family—except for Charles and his older sister Fanny ...

Early in the winter of 1841 it had been announced that Charles Dickens would shortly visit this country, and Mr. Alexander wrote to him at London, inviting him to sit for his picture on his arrival.

A five-story townhouse in London's Mayfair district was long owned by an Earl and was visited in the 19th century by Napoleon ...

The exhibition features personal effects, portraits, photographs and historic items that illuminate the life and works of Charles Dickens and the Museum’s role in preserving his legacy." Patrons and ...

To mark 100 years since an unassuming house in Bloomsbury was saved from being turned into a hotel -- and became the Charles ...

AN independent city bookshop is hosting the first of potentially many festivals that pay homage to the time a literary legend ...