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Discovering the unread: Reflections on classic literature, beginning and endings
We ought to read them; we want to; we will. Next summer, or winter, when time indoors lends a circumstantial hand. Or next year. And so the pile grows, to be added to deathbed…
The restless genius whose life reads like a novel
Two hundred years after Charles Dickens’s birth on February 7 1812, his energetic, blazing life still fascinates us, writes <b>Jenny Uglow</b>.
Celebrations mark birth of Charles Dickens
Prince Charles has led celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, one of English literature’s most revered novelists.
Host of Christmas past
In true Dickensian style, a magnificent gift has arrived at the doorstep of Charles Dickens’s only surviving London home.
Twist to Dickens’s hungry hero
Oliver Twist wouldn’t have needed any more gruel in real life, scientists said on Thursday.
Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth
Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll that came out on Monday, which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority…
Back to the storyboard
Arundhati Roy wrote a Booker winner, then became a political activist. Ten years and two court cases later, she has begun a second novel. Randeep Ramesh speaks to the author.