Dickens is a name synonymous with the cold, winding, dark streets of Victorian England; colourful and eccentric ... He also kept Catherine busy with their 10 children. In June 1865, Dickens ...

Antique travel photographs of England: Charles Dickens 8. He redefined Christmas. In December 1843, he published the first of five Christmas-themed novellas. A Christmas Carol, the story of ...

Fortunately, much of Charles Dickens’s literary backdrop ... locations that inspired his masterpieces. Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812 to John and Elizabeth Dickens.

The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life. Oliver Twist ...