This reissued recording of Stewart's touted Broadway performance might prove to be the enduring interpretation of Dickens's beloved tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of past ...

It's thought that in his books Dickens played down many of its horrors for fear of upsetting the Victorian constitution. After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was ...

When his father was called to London again to be a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, the elder Dickens amassed so much debt that the entire family—except for Charles and his older sister Fanny ...

Charles Dickens, the great British novelist, was born on February 7, 1812. In 1858, the author of "A Christmas Carol" visited Ireland while on a book tour. Dickens, a literary genius, is said to ...

The 3-volume edition, in original condition, is quite rare; according to Dickens bibliographer John Eckel, "nearly the entire first edition [of 1000 copies] was bought up by the libraries." These were ...

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This was at his own wish. He wrote in his will "that my name be inscribed ... Only twelve mourners attended, made up of family and close friends, together with the Abbey clergy. So Dickens was buried ...

Upon its initial publication on December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol was a runaway hit, selling out its first edition by Christmas Eve. Within a year, thirteen further editions had been printed ...