visited London as a tourist in 1866, a self-declared 'spinster on the rampage’ in the mid-Victorian metropolis. She particularly sought out places mentioned in Dickens's fiction and wrote in her ...

An expert in Victorian literature and culture, her books include Queer Dickens: Erotics, Families Masculinities (Oxford University Press) and Dickens in Context (Cambridge University Press).

Sometimes you go to a show expecting it to be about a certain thing and it’s not. When this happens, it can be either irritating or an eye opener, and fortunately Macready! Dickens’ Theatrical Friend ...

A full-cast adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a young boy's adventures and mishaps in Victorian London. The 10 episodes are faithful to the plot and language of Dickens' original ...

In 1925, Charles Dickens’ home in London was saved ... it as from the genius of Victorian writing.” Excerpts from Dickens’ correspondence will also be on view, including an early draft ...

The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and ...

Arguably the essential Dickens adaptation, David Lean’s evocative portrayal of Victorian London in sooty black-and-white features Alec Guinness as a memorably sinister Fagin. Oliver Twist is ...