Charles Dickens

Deadly London smog incident recalled on 60th anniversary

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Some 60 years ago, London was enveloped by an extraordinary fog, even by that soupy city’s standards. And it wasn’t just fog, it was smog, from coal furnaces and factories. It was also deadly, killing as many as 4,000 people over a four-day period.

Charles Dickens teaches us about financial crises

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London’s ‘Great Smog of 1952″²

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The Blank Slate of American Identity in Emma Donoghue’s ‘Astray’

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D’Banj: Nigeria’s Latest Music Sensation

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Charles Dickens’ American Tour

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We are looking for an industrial town near Boston where Charles Dickens traveled in his maiden America trip to see the conditions of women mill workers.

200th Birthday of Charles Dickens

A day of Great Expectations for fans of Charles Dickens. Today’s marks the 200th birthday of the writer who gave us “A Tale of Two Cities,” “A Christmas Carol,” “David Copperfield,” among many others. Joining us now from the BBC’s studio’s in Cambridge England is Dr Jan-Melissa Schramm  a Dickens fan, a lecturer in Victorian literature […]

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London’s Dickens Museum Closed During Bicentennial

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This year fans of Charles Dickens are celebrating the bicentenary of his birth. Many Dickens lovers will be traveling to the UK to celebrate. Some may have been planning to visit the Charles Dickens Museum, housed in one of his London homes. It contains thousands of manuscripts and personal items owned by the author—and it’s […]

Charles Dickens at 200

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”  The words are timeless, they could apply to the world today. But of course, they were written over 150 years ago by Charles Dickens, in his masterpiece “A Tale of Two Cities.”  If […]

Looking Back at Charles Dickens as He Approaches 200

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”  The words are timeless, they could apply to the world today. But of course, they were written over 150 years ago by Charles Dickens, in his masterpiece “A Tale of Two Cities.”  If […]