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It isn’t really Christmas without “A Christmas Carol.”Since 1843, when Charles Dickens published what he called his “little Christmas book,” it’s never gone out of print — selling ...

Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Harper’s Magazine, April 1852 – October 1853 Harper’s Magazine was launched with many ... By the time of the Civil War, Harper’s had brought a good deal of Dickens into ...

Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' was published in December 1843. Find out about the real-world inspirations behind this holiday-themed classic.

Above the table on which I'm now writing hangs an old framed print showing Mr. Pickwick's street-smart servant, Sam Weller, prophetically pointing out to his chubby little master—in tights ...

Further, and for reasons we'll never fully understand, Dickens's sister-in-law affixed the paw to a letter opener as a gift for the author. An ivory blade now shoots out just beyond Bob's paw pads.

Dickens implored Felton in a letter sent from New York in March 1842. “Our oysters are small I know; they are said by Americans to be coppery, but our hearts are of the largest size.” ...

Charles Dickens took cold showers and long walks. His normal walking distance was twelve miles; some days, he walked twenty. He seems to have never not been doing something.

Dickens grew up in the 1810s and 1820s in England, when the Little Ice Age still had a grip on Europe. The Little Ice Age, which lasted from about 1300 to 1850, was a global period of widespread ...

Published in the print edition of the July 10 & 17, 2023, issue, with the headline “Killing Dickens.” New Yorker Favorites First she scandalized Washington.

DICKENS'S LOVE-LETTERS TO "DORA"; Novelist's Correspondence with Maria Beadnell in Print After Half a Century -- A Romance of 20 Year's. Share full article Sept. 26, 1908 ...