After Charles Dickens’s death in 1870, the first biographer to narrate his life and career was his closest friend. John Forster’s “The Life of Charles Dickens,” published in 1872, served for many ...

Moviegoers who see Angel Studios’ The King of Kings are in for a treat. The animated film tells a story within a story: The life, death and resurrection of Christ is recounted with the storytelling ...

Author Charles Dickens is best known for his memorable cast of characters, including Ebenezer Scrooge, David Copperfield and Oliver Twist, shown here. The Granger Collection, NYC One of the most-read ...

Francine Prose discusses "Five Weeks in the Country," a darkly comic novel about Dickens, Andersen, and the tensions between ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Perhaps, as the bicentennial year draws to a close and we move into Dickens' third century, there is something else the Victorian author can teach us - and that is not to teach him to our children. By ...