Charles Dickens

Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

Liz Rosenberg on the Literary Marvels of Alcott's Memoirs

 
By Liz Rosenberg  October 24, 2023
Lit Hub Questionnaire

Anne Enright Stays Inside the Work

By Anne Enright  September 19, 2023
Windham-Campbell Prizes

Susan Williams on Charles Dickens’s Bleak House

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   July 11, 2023
Cliche

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss  June 30, 2023
The Hub

Harry and Meghan are looking to tap Dickens for their next content outing.

By Janet Manley  June 26, 2023
On Writing

Winnie Li on Finding That Elusive Thing: A Perfect Writing Space

By Winnie M. Li  June 23, 2023
What (Not) to Watch

10 Screen Adaptations Much, Much Worse Than The Books They’re Based On

By Literary Hub  April 25, 2023
What to Watch

FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

By Olivia Rutigliano  March 31, 2023
The Hub

Olivia Colman on playing her latest mother monster: “My little girl wouldn’t cuddle me.”

By Janet Manley  March 20, 2023
What to Watch

The Wizardry of Boz: A Brief History of Charles Dickens on Screen

By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst  March 17, 2023
The Hub

If you quote a Dickens character in a piece on weight loss drugs, don’t pick one who starves kids?

By Olivia Rutigliano  February 27, 2023
The Hub

Great turnip literature to devour during the British vegetable shortage.

By Janet Manley  February 24, 2023
Serialized Novels

Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

By Bill McKibben  January 4, 2023
On Writing

Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

By Allegra Goodman  January 4, 2023
The Hub

Charles Dickens partied HARD after finishing A Christmas Carol in just six weeks.

By Jonny Diamond  December 19, 2022
What to Watch

What’s The Crown Without a Living Queen Elizabeth II?

By Matthew Redmond  November 7, 2022
Journalism

When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

By Katie Hafner  July 28, 2022
The Hub

Charles Dickens was an amateur magician who often performed at his friends’ kids’ birthday parties.

By Olivia Rutigliano  April 5, 2022
Serialized Novels

How Writing a Serialized Novel Helped Carley Moore Connect With the World During a Time of Disconnection

By Carley Moore  April 1, 2022
The Hub

You can relax now: Charles Dickens is no longer shadowbanned on TikTok.

By Walker Caplan  March 25, 2022
The Hub

Has the real-life inspiration for Miss Havisham been uncovered?

By Walker Caplan  March 3, 2022
Literary History

Famous Yet Elusive: On Charles Dickens’s Unstable Reputation

By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst  March 1, 2022
The Hub

Olivia Colman is our new Miss Havisham.

By Eliza Smith  February 18, 2022
The Hub

“I do not think it is a good story.” Never ask Charles Dickens for writing advice.

By Walker Caplan  February 7, 2022
The Hub

Peek inside Charles Dickens’ house for Victorian Christmas inspiration.

By Katie Yee  December 21, 2021
The Hub

Let it snow: 6 of the best descriptions of winter weather in literature.

By Katie Yee  December 10, 2021
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