Dickens is a name synonymous with the cold, winding, dark streets of Victorian England; colourful and eccentric ... John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private Wellington House ...

Image: courtesy of the author Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, visited London as a tourist in 1866, a self-declared 'spinster on the rampage’ in the mid-Victorian metropolis.

British literature of the long 19th century, in general, and more specifically the following: Charles Dickens especially his relationship to America and non-British locales; intersections of gender ...

The event garnered a crowd believed to be the largest ever assembled for a public execution in England, with an estimated amount between 30,000 and 50,000 people. Writer Charles Dickens was one of ...

Ever wished you could travel back to the mean streets of Victorian London, the one described by the era’s most beloved writer, Charles Dickens? One place to start would be the townhouse at 48 ...

Could rare letters by Charles Dickens’ sister-in-law hint at secret affair? - A collection of 120 letters offer a window into ...

the world’s most famous writer and actor Charles Dickens, and Victorian England’s notorious amateur soprano and litigant, Georgina Weldon. Within its walls lies a story of personal passion and ...

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Charles Dickens Museum in ... recognize it as from the genius of Victorian writing.” Excerpts from Dickens’ correspondence will also be on view ...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas ... some of his money woes. What Dickens couldn’t have foreseen how completely the tale—inspired by 19 th century Victorian society and some of the author ...

In 1836 the start of the longest reigning queen of England coincides with the beginning of the career of the greatest British author since Shakespeare Charles Dickens In discovering the characters ...

Prepare yourself for plum puddings, snowy Christmases, and bitterly cold London scenes aplenty in these gorgeous Charles ... century England. Widely considered to be the best Dickens adaptation ...