Charles Dickens | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/charles-dickens/RSS feed for Charles DickensenWed, 24 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000A Forgotten Louisa May Alcott Story Showcases the Author's Twist on Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/Written in 1882, "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True," covered many of the same themes as Dickens' classic, albeit with a different audience in mindWed, 24 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/You Can Buy Novelist Charles Dickens' Personal Travel Writing Desk and Silverware Sethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-buy-novelist-charles-dickens-personal-travel-writing-desk-and-silverware-set-180986588/The ornate desk features a silver plaque with a personal inscription that references the English writer's family nickname, "Venerables"Mon, 12 May 2025 20:05:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-buy-novelist-charles-dickens-personal-travel-writing-desk-and-silverware-set-180986588/See Charles Dickens' Rare Manuscripts, Teenage Love Letters and a Copy of 'David Copperfield' That Traveled to Antarcticahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-charles-dickens-rare-manuscripts-teenage-love-letters-and-a-copy-of-david-copperfield-that-traveled-to-antarctica-180985811/To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Charles Dickens Museum in London is staging an exhibition of historic objects that shed light on the writer’s life and legacyMon, 13 Jan 2025 21:42:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-charles-dickens-rare-manuscripts-teenage-love-letters-and-a-copy-of-david-copperfield-that-traveled-to-antarctica-180985811/'A Christmas Carol' Marvelously Captured the Holiday's Victorian Spirit and Inspired New Traditions for Centuries to Comehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-christmas-carol-marvelously-captured-the-holidays-victorian-spirit-and-inspired-new-traditions-for-centuries-to-come-180985649/Published on this day in 1843, at a time when Christmas was undergoing great transformation, Charles Dickens' novel centered the virtues of kindness, charity and reformThu, 19 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-christmas-carol-marvelously-captured-the-holidays-victorian-spirit-and-inspired-new-traditions-for-centuries-to-come-180985649/Vandals Destroy Ebenezer Scrooge's Fictional Tombstone Featured in a Film Adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vandals-destroy-ebenezer-scrooges-fictional-tombstone-featured-in-a-film-adaptation-of-a-christmas-carol-180985546/Located in an English churchyard, the stone was inscribed with the name "Ebenezer Scrooge" for the 1984 movie. Police are investigating the vandalism, which occurred earlier this monthWed, 27 Nov 2024 15:48:13 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vandals-destroy-ebenezer-scrooges-fictional-tombstone-featured-in-a-film-adaptation-of-a-christmas-carol-180985546/Who Was Georgina Hogarth, Charles Dickens' 'Best and Truest Friend'?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-was-georgina-hogarth-charles-dickens-best-truest-friend-180983799/Unpublished letters reveal new insights into the baffling relationship between the English novelist and his sister-in-lawThu, 15 Feb 2024 19:43:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-was-georgina-hogarth-charles-dickens-best-truest-friend-180983799/The Sensation Novelist Who Exposed the Plight of Victorian Womenhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-sensation-novelist-who-exposed-the-plight-of-victorian-women-wilkie-collins-180983649/Wilkie Collins drew on his legal training to dramatize the inequality caused by outdated laws regarding marital and property rightsMon, 29 Jan 2024 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-sensation-novelist-who-exposed-the-plight-of-victorian-women-wilkie-collins-180983649/Charles Dickens Was a Busy Man and a 'Mild Diva'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-was-a-busy-man-and-a-mild-diva-180980683/Eleven never-before-seen letters go on display at the Charles Dickens MuseumThu, 01 Sep 2022 13:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-was-a-busy-man-and-a-mild-diva-180980683/Charles Dickens Was a 'Fascinated Skeptic' of the Supernaturalhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-was-a-fascinated-skeptic-of-the-supernatural-180980577/A new exhibition explores the writer's enduring interest in ghosts and other paranormal phenomenaFri, 12 Aug 2022 16:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-was-a-fascinated-skeptic-of-the-supernatural-180980577/Miniature by Sarah Biffin, 19th-Century Artist Born With No Arms or Legs, Exceeds Estimates at Auctionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/miniature-by-sarah-biffin-19th-century-artist-born-without-arms-or-legs-outshines-estimates-at-auction-180979239/The painter forged a remarkable career as a disabled woman artist in 19th-century LondonFri, 17 Dec 2021 15:13:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/miniature-by-sarah-biffin-19th-century-artist-born-without-arms-or-legs-outshines-estimates-at-auction-180979239/