Although romance fraud is a 21st-century term, through the character of Havisham, Dickens clearly demonstrated its often-devastating effects.
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Dickens was drawn to women who were brilliant, expressive and creative.
Dickens’s views of slavery were shaped by a journey he made around the US.
The short days and long nights of winter provide us with the opportunity for reflection on dark topics such as the supernatural.
This spiced wine has been drunk in Britain since the Romans introduced it.
Changing your evening diet could help reduce nightmares, the latest research suggests.
Perhaps the strongest argument for Great Expectations as evidence of Dickens’ potential as a videogame writer are its multiple endings.
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to reveal how emotions were being ‘manufactured.’
This new production from the State Theatre Company of South Australia is energised, playful, multi-layered theatre – and thoroughly enjoyable.
In the mid-19th century, photographs with ghostlike figures became collectible amusements thanks to the invention of the stereoscope – a device that created three-dimensional optical illusions.
Keeping the United States together meant more than defeating the Confederacy. Lincoln first had to unite a fractured North.
The pavements in cities were just not a pleasant setting for a stroll.
Scrooge was a neglected child whose trauma haunted him into old age.
The new Australian series The Artful Dodger is a surgical reworking of Oliver Twist, where the savagery is played for laughs.
More than 800 lives were lost in the Royal Charter storm but it also led to improvements in weather forecasting.
This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
There were around 5,000 black Georgians and more black Victorians so black Dickens characters are historically feasible.
He is most famous for The Woman in White, but with their intriguing female characters and investigation of social issues, it’s time to delve into Wilkie Collins’ other novels.
Yet another adaptation of A Christmas Carol graces our screens, though its concerns are a world away from those of the Dickens original.
Shame and guilt seem equally foreign to many politicians and public figures these days. Rather than cover their bad behavior with a veneer of hypocrisy, they revel in it, a classics scholar says.
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