One of the world’s most acclaimed writers, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, has died at 87. A publicist for his U.S. publisher confirmed ...

Literary critics have hailed 42-year-old Michel Faber as the new Charles Dickens and movie moguls are clamouring to film his tale of a prostitute sleeping her way to the top in 19th Century London ...

Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, in 1870, was a figure lost to history. Charles Dickens Museum In 1953, when future biographer Claire Tomalin was studying English literature at Cambridge, she came across ...

Dickens World, a theme park in Chatham, offers an 1800s immersion. The novelist, says the attraction's Kevin Christie, "was a showman. He would have loved this." Stuart Conway In an abandoned ...

By the end of the 18th century, travelers were commenting on this rough, spicy peasant dish that left a pleasant warmth in the stomach. Since the Hungarian term for herdsmen was gulyás ...

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the bigger deals being thrashed out during the Cannes market, we hear that Focus Features is working on a domestic pact in the $11M range for Paul Greengrass‘ peasant revolt ...

Charles Dickens School is a public school located in Cleveland, OH, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Charles Dickens School is 264 and the school serves PK-8.

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.

A Post-Dispatch article that year said Dickens "was entertained" in the home in 1844. Cornelia Maury worked to prevent the street work, and at an April 1913 meeting of Carondelet "grand dames ...

There is something about English authors that makes them special — their creations are timeless. The renowned Charles Dickens is perhaps one of the biggest examples in a galaxy of luminaries from ...

Charles Dickens was one of the most prominent English writers of the 19th century, publishing iconic works like Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. Now, fans have a chance to own one of the desks ...

Book lovers have a rare opportunity to buy a travel writing desk and silverware set once owned by the British writer Charles Dickens. Both items are up for grabs at a sale organized by RR Auctions ...