David Copperfield as a character shows the importance of honesty even when life is tough. From his difficult childhood to his ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Allison Epstein about her new novel "Fagin the Thief," which imagines a backstory for the character from the Charles Dickens book "Oliver Twist." ...

Drew Barrymore comes from a long line of actors dating back to the 1800s, including Maurice Barrymore, John Barrymore, Diana ...

DID you know the world-famous 19th-century English novelist Charles Dickens once wrote a play about the Malvern Water Cure?

A new exhibition celebrates 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum. Behold! Dickens with a moustache! What do we reckon? "A hideous disfigurement," was the verdict of the author's friend and ...

ITV Emmerdale's gritty bottle episode set on the streets of Leeds - which saw homeless April Windsor have a miscarriage in a gym toilet cubicle - has seen a mixed response from viewers who have hit ...

Did you know that the way people celebrate Christmas today is directly influenced by the success of the classic novella by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol? No? Then pull up a chair and grab a hot ...

A copy of David Copperfield read by Captain Scott while trapped in an ice cave and the room where Dickens wrote Oliver Twist are on show at ...