On This Day In History British Author Charles Dickens Was Born

As Biography.com notes, today is the birthday of Charles Dickens.

British novelist Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. Over the course of his writing career, he wrote the beloved classic novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. On June 9, 1870, Dickens died of a stroke in Kent, England, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.

You can read the rest of the piece and watch a video via the below link:

http://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087 

Charles Dickens covered crime in many of his novels, including Bleak House and Oliver Twist. 

You can also read Terrie Farley Moran's piece on Dickens the crime writer at criminalelement.com via the below link:

http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/08/charles-dickens-crime-writer

Happy Birthday To Crime Writer Charles Dickens

As Biography.com notes, today is the birthday of Charles Dickens.

British novelist Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. Over the course of his writing career, he wrote the beloved classic novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. On June 9, 1870, Dickens died of a stroke in Kent, England, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.

You can read the rest of the piece and watch a video via the below link:

http://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087 

Charles Dickens covered crime in many of his novels, including Bleak House and Oliver Twist.

You can also read Terrie Farley Moran's piece on Dickens the crime writer at criminalelement.com via the below link:

http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/08/charles-dickens-crime-writer

Charles Dickens: A Tale Of Two Centuries

Susan Elkins at the British newspaper the Independent looks at the best books on Charles Dickens during his bicentennial year.

If Charles Dickens were as immortal as his writing, he would be celebrating his 200th birthday on 7 February. He may be – like Jacob Marley – as dead as a doornail, but culturally he's never been more alive, thanks to all of those timeless themes in his work. We are still wrestling with Orlick-style crime; punishment for men such as Sykes; daunting lawyers such as Jaggers; greedy industrialists such as Merdle and terrible poverty for Oliver Twist-like children. And family anxieties, tensions, miseries and joys – think Micawber, Pocket, Cratchit, Wemmick and Gradgrind – have changed remarkably little.

...in acknowledgement of his bicentenary, the Dickens commentators, critics, editors and creative responders have been busy producing new books.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/charles-dickens-a-tale-of-two-centuries-6292734.html

You can also read an earlier post on the preparation of the Dickens bicentennial via the below link:

http://pauldavisoncrime.blogspot.com/2012/01/britain-prepares-for-charles-dickens.html