Prepare for the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future with an audio retelling of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. As learners listen to Ebenezer Scrooge's dynamic journeys through time, they reflect on the story's...

With 64 chapters and 368,017 words, Charles Dickens' David Copperfield can prove to be a challenge for young readers. Help them out with a resource that not only provides the complete text but an audio version as well.

Prisons, orphanages, slums, workhouses. Such are the settings of Charles Dickens' novels. Why would anyone (except for literature teachers, perhaps) want to read these tales? Find out why with a short video that explores the allure of...

How much do you know about the life of Charles Dickens? A thorough video discusses the author's professional successes and private failures with engaging animation and informative narration.

This video excerpt is the moving, final scene from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Pip, returned to his humble origins, hears that Estella, now a widow, has returned to Satis House. As he...

In this video excerpt from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, months have passed since Pip received the news that a mysterious benefactor has provided money for his education as a gentleman. When Joe...

Explore how Dickens's skill in creating memorable secondary characters help make his works not only memorable, but has kept them popular for more than 160 years in this video excerpt from the Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens'...

Explore how filmmakers bring characters to life in this video from Masterpiece: "David Copperfield." David's first encounter with his cruel stepfather, Mr. Murdstone, shatters his idyllic childhood and begins his journey to adulthood....

This is a collection of three videos from MASTERPIECE: Charles Dickens: David Copperfield. Together they explore the Dickens' famous novel "David Copperfield" in a film adaptation of the novel.

Analyze the filmmakers' choices when adapting a Dickens novel into a film. In this pivotal scene from the 2000 Masterpiece production of "David Copperfield," David, destitute and desperate, approaches his formidable Aunt Betsey for the...

This video excerpt is the opening scene from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. A man mysteriously emerges from a marsh to ominous music. A young boy, Pip, is shown briefly in a church graveyard,...

Professor Michael Slater MBE explains the background to Charles Dickens's novel, A Christmas Carol, reveals his reasons for writing it, and discusses its monumental success. [12:29]

Professor John Bowen discusses class and social mobility in Charles Dickens's novel, Great Expectations.

In Oliver Twist, Dickens paints a vivid picture of London's criminal underworld, a subject he harnesses both to excite the reader and to explore the effects of social deprivation. [8:10]

"Great Expectations" is a novel full of strange repetitions, hauntings and doublings. In this video, Professor John Bowen explores the work's Gothic motifs. [7:51]

Simon Callow discusses Charles Dickens's performances, his abilities as an actor, and the impact of his readings upon his audiences and the wider public. [2:32]