If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: Charles Dickens.

A Kent landscape of ancient woodlands, wildflower meadows and chalk grasslands that inspired novelist Charles Dickens has been designated a national nature reserve. Natural England, which advises ...

The film explores the Victorian era in England during Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901) and its reflection in the works of Charles Dickens. It highlights the contrasts of the time, including ...

On the 50th anniversary of the event that pays homage to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," nine Dickens descendants will appear throughout the weekend.

It’s a fun premise, though unevenly executed: Dickens must perform his 171st annual reading of “A Christmas Carol.” And he’s sick of it.

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The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life.

Zadie Smith writes: I did everything I could to avoid writing my historical novel. When I finally started “The Fraud,” one principle was clear: no Charles Dickens.

Every holiday, we embrace 'A Christmas Carol.' But some of Charles Dickens' other Christmas books were even more popular in his time.

The Aftermath On June 9, 1865, a stunned Charles Dickens crawled out of a derailed train carriage hanging precariously off a bridge near Staplehurst in Kent, England, to a scene of pure chaos.

The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life.