The mass market titles matter to our understanding of the modern world, too. Compare it to the case of Charles Dickens. Yes, Our Mutual Friend is a work of enduring literary brilliance.

In one 1841 incident, American readers were so anxious to know what happened in Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop that they flocked to docks in New York harbor, hoping to ask passengers arriving ...

Among the most famous entertainment venues of its day, Astley’s is mentioned in Bleak House, the Old Curiosity Shop and Sketches by Boz. "Nah, I don't go south of the river, mate." ...

Charles Dickens was a frequent visitor, and it's believed that the town inspired the setting for Betsy Trotwood's home in David Copperfield and the titular Bleak House.

The 77-year-old spoke of the 'thrill' of revisiting Charles Dickens' London home today, revealing her favourite book was A Tale of Two Cities as she met three of his direct descendants.

And marvel in wonder whether Charles Dickens ever thought his sympathetic character, the virtuous Little Nell, from his 1841 novel, “The Old Curiosity Shop,” would be the namesake of a standout run on ...

Please switch off your cellular phones at least when you are inside this shop. Let us talk to each other. Pretend it’s 1890 — reads a sticky note at the entrance of the Old Curiosity Shop in Chennai’s ...

Among these were Charles Dickens and his wife. Dickens was an accomplished novelist, journalist, and short story writer best known for his classic novels A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, The ...

By the 1920s, visitors could buy a wide range of memorabilia, postcards and gifts, or have sets of Dickens novels shipped back home, complete with 'Old Curiosity Shop' bookplates.