This house has seen the best of times — and the worst of times. A stately London mansion tied to one of Charles Dickens’ most ...

In honour of the festive spirit, let's gather 'round the fire and share a ghost story from ancient Rome about a haunted house in Athens. During the Victorian era, Christmas was a time for families and ...

Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story has inspired dozens of filmed adaptations, but the first one is impossible to watch ...

Charles Dickens despised the Victorian legal system. In “ Bleak House ,” he invented the epic, decades-spanning Jarndyce v.

Statistician Mikhail Simkin has made a great discovery. In a much-publicized paper titled "Scientific evaluation of Charles Dickens," published in the Journal of Quantitative Linguistics ...

“Look at that beast,” said Gerald Dickens, laughing. “He’s terrifying.” The smiling British actor, a great-great-grandson of writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870), second only to ...

The Rivus retirement village will host an event celebrating Wantage's links to Charles Dickens on Saturday, June 28, from 2pm ...

A letter Charles Dickens wrote in his mystifying style of shorthand had gone unread for over a century. Computer programmers helped scholars decode it. By Jenny Gross LONDON — For more than a ...

If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: Charles Dickens. Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, it's hard to ...