Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago. Wednesday marked the 200 th anniversary of the birth of the British novelist Charles Dickens. As tribute after tribute has noted, Dickens was the most famous ...

Experts delve into the truth behind the famous gruel which was served to children in the Victorian workhouse, and feel it might not have been as bad as what was portrayed by Charles Dickens. Experts ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. One of the most memorable scenes in Charles Dickens’ novel "Oliver Twist" is the hungry young ...

Oatmeal was not part of my upbringing. My childhood breakfast in Hungary consisted of hot cocoa with a slice of buttered bread and, when the season permitted, green pepper. I first encountered oatmeal ...

Well, he’s got the dinginess down. In Roman Polanski’s interpretation of Dickens’ Oliver Twist, the London streets see hungry, unwashed masses taunted by nearby reminders of unattainable solvency. At ...

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