Britain Marks Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday


Britain's Prince Charles has led ceremonies marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, one of English literature's most famous and celebrated novelists. The prince laid a wreath at Dickens' grave Tuesday at Westminster Abbey's

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 200th birthday of famous writer Charles Dickens.

Claire Tomalin, author of the magnificent Charles Dickens – A Life (Viking, 2011) has written a very moving and politically pertinant 200th birthday letter to her subject, published in today's Guardian. It's essentially a distillation

Google's latest Doodle marks the 200th Birthday of british novelist Charles Dickens but also marks the first time that the company has used their logo change to specifically promote a product or service.

Bleak House is Dickens' grandest, most virtuosic achievement, but with all that grandeur and virtuosity it still makes me cry for Esther Summerson. The novel is divided into two strands: the story of rich, haughty, reserved Lady Dedlock,

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    Prince Charles is leading ceremonies to mark the 200th birthday of novelist Charles Dickens.7, 2012 — Britain marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens on Tuesday with the laying of a wreath at his grave in Westminster Abbey in London and a street party in his native Portsmouth Prince Charles and Ralph Fiennes,Have you always wanted to visit the Charles Dickens Museum in London but couldn't afford it? Then check out the mu...