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Parts of an extensive collection of letters from Dickens’ relative and housekeeper Georgina Hogarth reveal her role in the making of a literary giant

The friendship between fellow writers Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins is the subject of a new exhibition. Jane Clinton went along...

The friendship between fellow writers Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins is the subject of a new exhibition. Jane Clinton went along...

A Christmas Carol made him a national treasure, yet the black-hearted miser had more in common with its creator than Victorians realised

A charming exhibition at London’s Charles Dickens Museum provides a fascinating glimpse into the private lives of two great English writers.

A new biography suggests everything we know about Dickens is wrong

What the Dickens? places the acclaimed the writer at the centre of one of his most famous stories, shining a light on the women he mistreated.

What the Dickens? places the acclaimed the writer at the centre of one of his most famous stories, shining a light on the women he mistreated.

In his writing, Charles Dickens was a voice for what was right. He spoke against greed and cruelty and for the rights of the disenfranchised and the poor.

Like the makers of the new BBC remake, I once ruffled feathers by pointing out the brilliant 1861 novel's oddities