According to Shane Waterman, of Rochester History Guided Tours, Charles Dickens Jr once said his father was "never the same man" after a train he was traveling in derailed near Staplehurst.

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is among his most popular work. When it was initially published in December 1843, Dickens had been certain the book would sell well. However, his goals wasn ...

A stately London mansion tied to one of Charles Dickens’ most infamous fictional financiers has hit the market with a ... Originally built between 1822 and 1825 by architect John White Jr., ...

Once the backdrop for a Dickensian scandal, this Harley Street mansion spans five floors and comes complete with a swimming ...

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How Charles Dickens helped shape Christmas as we know it today If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: ...

Review: “Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again” (2.5 stars) When: Through Dec. 22. Where: The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes.

According to Shane Waterman, of Rochester History Guided Tours, Charles Dickens Jr once said his father was "never the same man" after a train he was traveling in derailed near Staplehurst.

Everyone knows "A Christmas Carol." What everyone doesn't know, now, is that Dickens' 1843 tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts was just the first in a series of annual holiday books.

CHARLES DICKENS (488 pp.)—Dame Una Pope-Hennessy—Howell, Soskin ($4). Someone once compared Critic John Forster to a pencil stub—”short, thick, and full of lead.” In writing his classic ...