After 22 years of marriage and 10 children, Charles Dickens famously dumped his wife, Catherine Dickens, in 1858. Wielding the power of his pen, he alleged that Catherine was mentally unbalanced and ...

The story was written in the autumn of 1843 "as a reaction to the suffering of poor children," according to the Charles Dickens Museum in London. His nine-page appearance notwithstanding ...

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

A museum in the 19th century London home in which the British writer wrote Oliver Twist and The Pickwick Papers, has now been ...

As a ghost, Jacob Marley helps save Scrooge in the classic Dickens tale. Now, other authors are writing books that tell Marley's story.