Charles Dickens

“Oliver Twist” getting yet another update

Hollywood artfully dodges new ideas with a Dickensian update

Daniel D'Addario Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 3:31 PM UTC
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Robert Gottlieb discusses the author's 10 children and the great expectations of literary offspring

Laura Miller Sunday, Dec 9, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Charles Dickens

Has our pep-talk-prone culture led readers to shun tragic literary classics?

Laura Miller Saturday, Dec 1, 2012 12:30 AM UTC 55
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Stop comparing the HBO series to Victorian novels, already!

Laura Miller Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 30
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The hero pilot who crash landed on the Hudson taught his kids the spirit of giving with "A Christmas Carol"

Capt. Chesley Sullenberger Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
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As Dickens turns 200, a novelist reads him for the first time, and laments that peers have become so self-obsessed

Pauls Toutonghi Monday, Feb 6, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 30
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Charles Dickens was the Victorian era's most beloved writer, but even he couldn't live up to its unforgiving morals

Laura Miller Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 9:00 PM UTC 17
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