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In the Western Canon of Great Books, there are two stories by Charles Dickens that everyone has heard of, even if they've never even seen a copy in their lives. The first, A Christmas Carol, has gotten new adaptations almost every year since the turn of the century,
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Popular historian Lucy Worsley’s first TV appearance was in 2009 for the documentary Inside the Body of Henry VIII, joining a medical doctor and a biographer in a special that examined the king’s physical condition on the 500th anniversary of his ascension to the throne. Worsley commented that
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Charles Dickens published Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, from 1837-1839. The story was an immediate hit and turned into a "burletta" upon completion. The first film adaptation was made in 1909; there have been over two dozen on-screen versions since, not counting the famous
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Disney+ has been commissioning overseas series for the U.K. and other countries since it launched the streaming service internationally. Though the bulk of its productions seem to be based out of London, there are some Australian original series floating about. Like the U.K. series, these won't
Great Expectations
Steven Knight was once known for his gritty, compelling scripts for Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, but had shown his capability for historical fiction in Amazing Grace. All these would be a precursor for his output over the past decade, kicking off with the smash-hit Peaky Blinders and building
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If Shakespeare defined the pop culture of the first Elizabethan era, then Charles Dickens did the same for the Victorian one. From A Christmas Carol, which synthesized Victoria and Albert's push to popularize a secularist Germanic tradition for the industrial age, to David Copperfield, a bildungsroman detailing Victorian
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Charles Dickens may not quite have the sheer span of centuries as Shakespeare does, but as one of England’s most famous writers, his estate isn’t letting a little thing like “born ~200 years after Shakespeare died” get in the way of that. Give us a couple hundred more
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Charles Dickens was one of the most prolific writers in English history. Not so much because of the number of novels and short stories he wrote -- though, admittedly, 15 tiles is no slouch -- for the sheer volume of each. But, even the most difficult sort of Dickens reader
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We deserve something good this year, don’t we? Well, it's here - The Personal History of David Copperfield is finally available to stream or rent on most video on-demand platforms. Taking on Charles Dickens’s longest and most autobiographical novel with its cast of grotesques and eccentrics
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Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe)
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Following the success of his dark take on Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol last year, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight will put a fresh spin on the author's Great Expectations in a new six-part version for BBC One and American cable network FX. This is definitely another
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Given that there are already at least a dozen adaptations of the Charles Dickens holiday classic A Christmas Carol in the world – including versions performed by everyone from Patrick Stewart to The Muppets – it’s not entirely clear that we need another. But, that’s what we’re getting, whether