Loss and grief and mourning define the human condition. And here too, Charles Dickens has something to offer in The Old Curiosity Shop that remains wisdom and a kind of comfort even to modern readers.

IF THE ADAGE is true that there are no small parts, only small actors, then I can't help feeling that, in adapting Charles Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop" into a four-hour miniseries, The Disney ...

As admirable and ambitious as the folks at PBS Masterpiece are -- four tales of Charles Dickens in three months! -- it seemed inevitable they would run out of steam. (Eight hours of “Little ...

The Old Curiosity Shop. LONDON -- Far from chestnuts roasting and choristers singing, Charles Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop" is a curiously bleak tale for Christmas.

Charles Dickens was the Victorian era\'s ... arriving ships for news of the next serialized installment of "The Old Curiosity Shop." ... trauma of Charles' childhood, the 12-year-old boy ...

To celebrate the bicentenary or 200th anniversary of Victorian era writer, Charles Dickens, take a walk through the lanes and pubs of London to see the city through his eyes.

Charles Dickens Beloved for his generous spirit as much as for his brilliant work, the news of Charles Dickens’s death has prompted a worldwide outpouring of grief. The Editors ...