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 ...

The world of the early Dickens is organized according to a dualism which is based—in its artistic derivation—on the values of melodrama: there are bad people and there are good people ...

In Dickens’ world, a character could say of starving poor that, “they had better do it [die] and decrease the surplus population.” This was intended as only a modestly shocking statement.

but Chatham in Kent is the home for the newly-opened Dickens World, a theme park based on the life, times and characters of the famous writer. Built on the very site where Dickens' father once ...

“But the diversion soon turned into a compulsion.” The intense vigor and color of the world according to Dickens—as told in his fiction and journalism—liberated the housebound author’s ...

But then there was the virtuous Riah from Dickens’ last novel ... He pointed out that all too often in world literature, Jews have been portrayed either as uniquely vile or impossibly perfect.

Except for the biblical narrative of the birth of Christ itself, "A Christmas Carol" may be the world's most well-known and most frequently retold tale of the holiday. English author Dickens ...

Those are expected to take years to complete. Regardless, Dickens insisted Atlanta will have a “very festive time” during the World Cup with repaved roads and upgraded lighting. “I want ...

Ever wished you could travel back to the mean streets of Victorian London, the one described by the era’s most beloved writer, Charles Dickens? One place to start would be the townhouse at 48 ...

They’ve all been depicted in paintings by artist Andrew Dickens. The Aussie specialises in handmade oil paintings and spends most of his time illustrating the biggest names on the planet.