Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, in 1870, was a figure lost to history. Charles Dickens Museum In 1953, when future biographer Claire Tomalin was studying English literature at Cambridge, she came across ...

DICKENS sailed, or rather steamed, for the United States early in January, 1842. During the previous six months he had been one of the most radical of the English Liberals, dreading a Tory ...

Dickens uses language to draw us into the story and to present characters and scenes that are entertaining. He uses a strong narrative voice that comments on the characters at the same time as ...