Marley was dead to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it, and ...

The literary significance of "A Christmas Carol" by no means impedes the fun provided by the tale. As Wilson wrote, "A ...

As we grow older, the world seems to divide more easily and, yes, more violently. Differences harden. Words become weapons.

From the Broadway stage to the cheapest television network to some surprisingly decent adult productions (“Dickens” is right ...

The book, which tells the story of miser Ebenezer Scrooge who is forced to become more charitable when he's visited by ghosts ...

Dickens’s Christmas novella is often read as a reassuring parable about our ability to change — but the whole point of Scrooge’s ghostly visitations is how dramatically his moral life needs to be ...

A blue plaque to mark the first ever public reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens himself, is to be unveiled ...

CNN’s Richard Quest speaks to the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens about the importance of preserving his ancestor’s ...

At Boston’s Omni Parker House, historian Susan Wilson says Charles Dickens wasn’t just fond of the city — he felt at home ...

The classic festive tale of humbug and redemption has been adapted countless times for film and TV since the very first ...

A presentation of the holiday play, written by Joy Lanzendorfer and Marcia Simmons, will take place at Mercury Theater.