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 ...

Did you know that the way people celebrate Christmas today is directly influenced by the success of the classic novella by ...

Sadler’s Wells has announced its programming for 2025, including the world premiere of Ebony Scrooge, a new take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The hip hop dance theatre show, produced by ...

The book cover art that introduced readers across the world to Harry Potter is expected to break auction records next month.

I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works...". Dickens died at his house, Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester in Kent and it was presumed that he would be buried at ...

"And you hope that children will be moved to read these classics?" I asked. "I hope so, yeah," Pilkey replied. "I hope they don't think 'Oh, that Charles Dickens stole an idea from Dav Pilkey.' ...

But the proprietor's genius idea was simply to add the words 'THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP – IMMORTALIZED BY CHARLES DICKENS' in ornate gothic script to the timbered facade. Tourists were convinced.

Johnson didn’t mime it with her hands or use any old book. She pulled out a beautifully bound, illustrated Charles Dickens volume from 1957, the kind of book she believed Belle would own and ...

Johnson didn't mime it with her hands or use any old book. She pulled out a beautifully bound, illustrated Charles Dickens volume from 1957, the kind of book she believed Belle would own and cherish.