Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a writer. He was best known for his novels including David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol.

Can writing, as much art as philosophy, be more than an indulgence and become a vocation?

A fable of a traveller looking for his companions as he journeys through a forest.

The story of Nobody, as told by somebody.

A strange fairytale of a Prince named Bull.

A supernatural tale of a railway signal-man who works near a tunnel entrance, and the ghost that haunts him.

A story set in a Victorian school of a fellow who became a master, known as Old Cheeseman.

A festive tale of family, remembrance, decoration, and love, at the centre of which is a Christmas tree.

Writer Charles Dickens casts a critical eye over censoring writing to meet moral standards, and offers a satirical version of Cinderella.