For Allison Epstein, author of the recently published “Fagin the Thief,” Fagin was the first Jewish character she encountered ...

In this updated edition, Margolyes brings more of Charles Dickens’ characters to life, interweaving rich readings with tales ...

Charles Dickens was a terrific walker. Many nights he roved the streets of London with such insomniac vigor that he might still be striding along as dawn broke in the great skies overhead. Dickens ...

Going Mad for Charles Dickens Two centuries after his birth, the novelist is still wildly popular, as a theme park, a new movie and countless festivals attest. Joshua Hammer - Contributing writer.

Charles Dickens despised the Victorian legal system. In “Bleak House,” he invented the epic, decades-spanning Jarndyce v. Jarndyce legal battle over a family inheritance to expose the system ...