Charles Dickens: News, analysis and opinion

'What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia' by Elizabeth Catte, 'Writing Appalachia: An Anthology' edited by Katherine Ledford and Theresa Lloyd, and 'Affrilachia' by Frank X Walker

5 illuminating books about Appalachia that are very much not 'Hillbilly Elegy'

The Week Recommends Stretching from the Catskill Mountains in New York to northern Mississippi, the region has produced literature that challenges stereotypical narratives about its residents

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Great Expectations review: BBC One’s new adaptation of the Dickens classic

The Week Recommends There is much to enjoy in this series, but it feels a bit ‘needless’

By The Week Staff Published 30 March 23

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Charles Dickens raged against postal delivery plan

feature And other stories from the stranger side of life

By The Week Staff Published 30 August 22

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Nazi sympathiser sentenced to read Dickens

feature And other stories from the stranger side of life

By Chas Newkey-Burden Published 2 September 21

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Five stories about Stuart Freeborn that aren't made up

In Depth Make-up artist who created Yoda, Chewbacca and Stanley Kubrick's apes has died at the age of 98

By The Week Staff Published 7 February 13

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Charles Dickens

5 illuminating books about Appalachia that are very much not 'Hillbilly Elegy'

Great Expectations review: BBC One’s new adaptation of the Dickens classic

Charles Dickens raged against postal delivery plan

Nazi sympathiser sentenced to read Dickens

Five stories about Stuart Freeborn that aren't made up