DEVENTER, Netherlands — The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens' books to life.

Charles Dickens wrote a story for his young children, and now that story is coming our way in the form of The King of Kings.

Faced with low sales for his new periodical Master Humphrey’s Clock, Dickens brought back the iconic characters of his first novel, The Pickwick Papers. Image courtesy of The Charles Dickens ...

To mark 100 years since an unassuming house in Bloomsbury was saved from being turned into a hotel -- and became the Charles ...

Dickens is a name synonymous with the cold, winding, dark streets of Victorian England; colourful and eccentric characters with ... John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private ...

The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens' books to life. Oliver Twist ...

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When Samu Qureshi sits down in the middle of his 4,100-square-foot “museum” in Bethesda, the longtime Washington football fan is surrounded by his life’s work.

A person dressed as someone from Charles Dickens' 19th century England takes part in a Dickens Festival on Saturday in Deventer, Netherlands. Emmy Strik, left, who started the Deventer Dickens Day ...

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